Ravichandran Ashwin Indian off spinner who was the centre of attracting in the match between India and South Africa with five wickets for 32 runs was very much frustrated by the pitch issue and responded to it.
"I did not complain after Johannesburg (Test). I was dropped for a year after that. And, I am not going to complain playing here. There's no reason why I should have complaints. Swing, seam and bounce for two days at Trent Bridge (referring to Ashes)- match over. I don't know what that's about," said Ashwin.
"What is the problem about spin and bounce? It is good to have even spin and bounce, isn't it? It's about skills for batsmen to play and counter it. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don't have the rights over the groundsman, to say over what kind of pitch he needs to prepare. Once that's done, it is my job to go out and play," added Ravichandran.
He also further said, "The talks about the pitch are getting out of hand. That's straight from my heart; you can beg to differ with me. There are enough good cricketers from both sides that you can talk about. To top it off, this morning the first four balls that I bowled, it pretty much swung the game in our direction. It was copy book stuff. From then on, it was catch-up game for them."
"On a pitch like this, the bowler who can get the ball to go straight on is going to get the edge into play. That was my plan in the first innings. In second innings, I revised it a bit. In the second innings, we have to be patient. We were very disciplined this morning, the same thing we have to apply tomorrow. Wicket is getting sluggish by the day, pretty dry and slow. This wicket is where the batsmen need to plan. The areas to score are limited. When you put your feet down and defend properly it's still quite a hard wicket to get through the defence."
