Graeme Swann all praise for Virender Sehwag – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, who smashed a blistering hundred on day one of the Ahmedabad Test, and said that there is no assistance in the pitch for the seam bowlers.
The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 earlier in the home season.
The stylish opener however, answered his critics in the best possible manner, scoring 117 runs off as many deliveries with the help of 15 boundaries and a six. Sehwag helped the home team post a massive first innings total of 521 runs
for the loss of eight wickets on the board.
Swann, who picked up five wickets in India’s first innings, admitted that the dashing batsman took the game away from the visitors in the first session of the match and said that Sehwag has once again cemented his place in the national
team.
The off-spinner expressed, “You have to hand it to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HA-Varaiya-c1520 (Sehwag) the way he played at the start. We know he can be destructive, he's done it against us before. He hasn't got a century for a couple of years and he's been questioned by
the local press. Good on him for banishing those doubters.”
The English bowlers, who are used to bowling-friendly conditions, struggled against the Indian onslaught. Apart from Swann, none of the visiting team’s bowlers were able to make an impact in India’s first innings.
Swann however, believes that the pitch is a batting-paradise, offering no assistance to the fast bowlers. He hopes that the English batsmen will also be able to make a statement in the match.
“It's very, very flat for the seamers. You could argue that it's a good Test pitch. I will say that because I've got four wickets,” Swann added. “I think our batsmen will look at the footage and realise that it's still a good pitch.”
Taking into account the nature of the Ahmedabad pitch, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 will be ruing the fact that they did not play an additional spinner.
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