England players know it’s going to spin in India: Jeetan Patel
Updated On: 16 February, 2021 08:14 AM IST | Chennai | PTI
England were struggling at 53 for 3 in pursuit of an improbable 482 to win at the end of the third day which saw Ravichandra Ashwin score his fifth Test ton and Kohli hit a half-century
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Jeetan Patel
England spin bowling consultant Jeetan Patel on Monday played down the talk about the quality of the Chepauk pitch in the ongoing second Test against India, saying "everyone knows it`s going to spin when you come to the sub-continent". The deteriorating pitch here has been a subject of intense debate with former greats like Shane Warne and Michael Vaughan sparring on social media while England assistant coach Graham Thorpe termed it "challenging" on Sunday.
"The first Test in Sri Lanka spun from ball one. We understand it all as a playing group, maybe it`s an educational thing for someone outside the group but if you`re in the sub-continent, wickets spin," Patel said at the media interaction at the end of third day`s play. "The ball gets softer quicker, it doesn`t seam as much, so there has to be something in the wicket. Has it accelerated a bit quickly? Probably so, but that is playing in the sub-continent, like when teams come to England or other places where it seams around," he added.
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