India captain Rohit Sharma feels there were no demons in the Vidarbha
Cricket Association Stadium pitch and said that application and planning
are important for succeeding on spin-friendly sub-continent wickets. Before
the starting of test, the Australian media had started debating the pitch,
stating that the hosts had prepared a rank-turner to unsettle the
left-handed batters in the touring side.But Rohit, who scored 120 runs in India’s 400 all out in reply to
Australia’s 177 in the first innings, said a batter needs to adopt a few
unorthodox ways to score on such surfaces.
Cricket Association Stadium pitch and said that application and planning
are important for succeeding on spin-friendly sub-continent wickets. Before
the starting of test, the Australian media had started debating the pitch,
stating that the hosts had prepared a rank-turner to unsettle the
left-handed batters in the touring side.But Rohit, who scored 120 runs in India’s 400 all out in reply to
Australia’s 177 in the first innings, said a batter needs to adopt a few
unorthodox ways to score on such surfaces.
“The last few years, the kind of pitches we are playing in India, you need
to have application and some sort of plan to score runs,” said Rohit after
India’s win inside three days, which gave them a 1-0 lead in the four-match
series.
“I’ve grown up playing a lot in Mumbai on surfaces that turns a lot. You
need to be slightly unorthodox as well,
