Parthiv Patel claims India's bowlers are better than 'lucky' England

[BeautifulGame]

Parthiv Patel has made a scathing assessment of England's spinners after India reached 146 for 1 on day two on a pitch that offered ample help for them. All 11 wickets on the first two days have fallen to spinners, with several balls turning sharply, but India made a confident start in reply to what looked like a daunting total of 400, given the conditions underfoot.

After the first day's play, R Ashwin had said he expected the pitch to become better for the batsmen on days two and three before disintegrating for good. Batting certainly seemed easier as M Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara batted out the first wicketless session of the Test on the second evening, but Parthiv felt that was purely down to quality of the bowlers.

"More than the surface, I think the quality of our bowling is far better," Parthiv said. "Our bowlers get definitely more revolutions on the ball than what their spinners are doing. And obviously, we vary our pace very well. We have deceived a lot of players in the air, rather than just waiting for the help off the wicket. I think there's definitely a lot of difference in the quality."

Asked what is it that the India spinners have done differently, Parthiv said the England spinners had been "exposed" in Mohali.

"We have definitely tried to spin the ball more than what they have tried to do, for sure," Parthiv said. "That's what even I felt in the last game also. Last game, the way our bowlers bowled in Mohali, where there was no turn and you could see how they bowled in Mohali when we were batting second, where they actually got exposed because there was no help in it.

"And we definitely have traditional bowlers who can vary their pace brilliantly. That's what [R] Ashwin, Jaddu [Ravindra Jadeja] and Jayant [Yadav] have been doing. That's why we have kept them quiet. As you know, on a red-soil wicket, it is very, very difficult to contain the scoring rate, and we did that in the second session [on day one] and that is the reason we got wickets in the third session."

England coach Trevor Bayliss had asked his players to bat positively coming into the Test, but to do so they had to take a few risks, which resulted in a collapse on the first evening. Parthiv felt India didn't need to do so because a release ball was always around the corner with England's spinners.

"That is definitely one of the reasons," Parthiv said, when asked if the India batsmen need not take risks because they can expect loose balls. "We don't have to go over the top and try and play a sweep or a reverse sweep because we know that a bad ball is coming soon."

There is certainly some truth to what Parthiv said about the spinners of both sides - and there's no doubt that Jake Ball, England's No.10, rode his luck in helping Jos Buttler take England to 400 - but this press conference also seemed a conscious attempt at a psychological blow.

Behind the babyface of Parthiv is a cheeky wicketkeeper, who as an 18-year-old got under the skin of Steve Waugh with his sledging. You could imagine he was doing the same when asked about his Mumbai Indians team-mate Buttler's effort, full of restraint, that has kept England competing in the Test.

"I think, honestly, he was very lucky yesterday," Parthiv said. "There were a lot of balls when there were inside-edges, and [some] missed [the] stumps by a very little distance, but I thought he batted well today. When you don't have any pressure, you tend to play well. Once wickets fell, he had to play with the tailenders and he played his game. I would love to see him defending a few in the second innings if it turns and bounces."

There was half a cheeky smile on his face as Parthiv said that.

Absolutely loved that press conference :lmao:

It's about time someone pointed out how the actual gulf between the two times and expose how rubbish England bowlers have been

[Vilander]

yup same feeling...English have been so f'n lucky all winter so far...it not funny...best conditions, best won tosses..lucky breaks, umpire call B.S, piss poor catching from Indian close fielders( even good ones), lost count of slip catches dropped off Yadav/Shami..saved them from the hammering that they would have otherwise received. They will get dominated in Chennai for sure...proper, so that Naseer and the rest of the sky panel can go back home happy for xmas.

[SELVAM]

Hope our batsmen wil back words of parthiv with their batting tomorrow 

[fineleg]

This kinda press interviews should be avoided. Needless to mouth off.

Hope Kohli has a private reprimand with Parthiv Patel to focus on his cricket and shut his mouthing off.

 

Bairstow or Stokes can respond saying at least they will be playing in the next series. Where is Parthiv Patel headed to? domestics? Focus on improving your butterfinger keeping.

Edited December 9, 2016 by fineleg

[Forever Indian]

When India did not win any series overseas they still dominated the early part of the series and looked like almost winning the series.

 

• Drew 1st test and won 2nd test in Eng (Lost dominance after dropping Cook twice in 3rd test)
• Almost won 1st test against SA (dominated first 4 days then Kallis special saved SA)
• Dominated most part of 1st test against NZ (dominated the test till the McCullum special after dropping him twice)

 

Only in Australia where we truly lagged behind. In other countries we were far ahead of opposition and it was the slip catch drops which gave the momentum back to opposition and we lost the series. I feel our pace bowling with the likes of Yadav, Shami, Bhuvi, Ishant, etc. is good enough to win us series in those countries if only our slip fielders support them.

[Laaloo]

Pappu sledging lol

 

[kruiser]

dont like these talks during a test. Hope this does not backfire upon us in goading the English spinners to bow out of their skin tomorrow. 

[fineleg]

5 minutes ago, kruiser said:

dont like these talks during a test. Hope this does not backfire upon us in goading the English spinners to bow out of their skin tomorrow. 

It can fire them up to put in that little extra percentage % effort and focus. Also fielders will want to back their bowlers just that 1% extra.

Pappu is mouthing off some sledging

Edited December 9, 2016 by fineleg

[singhprakash72]

Pappu fits the saying "looks can be deceptive"...jokes aside ..Indian fielding has been at par with Pakistanis to say the least...they need to convert half chances if they have to dominate abroad ( at home please hold on to sitters)...does anyone recollect any blinder taken in this series. England team compared to 2012 one is half good and should have been given no chance at all (4-0 or 5-0 )

[fineleg]

The catch Kohli took on day-2, did pappu not miss it? Hit his glove , didnt cleanly collect it, and then rebound taken by Kohli?

[Cricketics]

Pappu better get ready for some short stuff fromStoakes, Woakes and Anderson. They will try to sledge him when he comes in. Stoakes looks like the guy who might talk to pappu about this. Lol,I want to watch that. Would be funny to see Pappu talking shyt back to Stoakes 

[Laaloo]

8 minutes ago, fineleg said:

The catch Kohli took on day-2, did pappu not miss it? Hit his glove , didnt cleanly collect it, and then rebound taken by Kohli?

Roots catch?

[WC2011INDIA]

HAhaha...Pappu should be permanent part of the squad after this...atleast has the guts to say this. Others are too diplomatic. I expect such stuff from Virat, but of late his press conferences have been disappointing. GET UNDER THE SKIN of the opposition for f sake. I like Pappu's style.

[maniac]

Pappu should say come to England for the green track bully he is

[Laaloo]

Just now, WC2011INDIA said:

HAhaha...Pappu should be permanent part of the squad after this...atleast has the guts to say this. Others are too diplomatic. I expect such stuff from Virat, but of late his press conferences have been disappointing. GET UNDER THE SKIN of the opposition for f sake. I like Pappu's style.

With his height, Pappu should be able to get under just about anyone ;)

[BeautifulGame]

Roots catch?

Think he is referring to Stoke's wicket

[Vilander]

19 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Pappu better get ready for some short stuff fromStoakes, Woakes and Anderson. They will try to sledge him when he comes in. Stoakes looks like the guy who might talk to pappu about this. Lol,I want to watch that. Would be funny to see Pappu talking shyt back to Stoakes 

would be priceless...imagine if pappu hits a few down the ground...serious lol..

[Cricketics]

2 minutes ago, Vilander said:

would be priceless...imagine if pappu hits a few down the ground...serious lol..

Lol. However, I hope he edges some which go for four past the wicket keeper, just to get on English bowlers' nerves  only to frustrate them a little more. 

[Vilander]

17 minutes ago, WC2011INDIA said:

HAhaha...Pappu should be permanent part of the squad after this...atleast has the guts to say this. Others are too diplomatic. I expect such stuff from Virat, but of late his press conferences have been disappointing. GET UNDER THE SKIN of the opposition for f sake. I like Pappu's style.

may be rat is behind this..

[Vilander]

1 minute ago, Cricketics said:

Lol. However, I hope he edges some which go for four pasted the wiicket keeper, just to frustrate English bowlers a little more so he can get on their nerves. 

that would be even better, stokes will loose it..he already thinks he was not out...lol will kill him.