England skipper Joe Root on Sunday said that his bowlers could have created opportunities in case they had a shot for at least 40 overs at the Indian batters on the washed out final day of the first Test. “So in many ways actually, the weather has robbed us all, of a fantastic final day’s test cricket, which is shame,” Root said. We know on a wicket like that, get a couple of wickets across that, the game can turn on its head,” Root said. But he opined that Indian batsmen would have felt the pressures of batting on a fifth day surface. “The pressures of batting on the fifth day wicket, things can very quickly (could) have fallen in our favour.

Source: Indian Express August 08, 2021 17:17 UTC