http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kraigg-Brathwaite-c71708 all praise for the Wankhede strip – Cricket News Update
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The West Indies batsmen, after struggling for a major part of their innings in the first two tests, looked quite stable and steady while batting in their first innings, and the 18-year-old Barbados opener has credited the good show so far to the placid Wankhede
pitch.
"This is probably the best among the three we have played on,” said Kraigg Brathwaite while talking to the media reporters at the end of the day one at Wankhede. “New ball (was) doing a bit, but not much. It was spinning but quite slowly. We were trying
to adjust. It's a good pitch," the rookie opener added further.
The Barbadian youngster also reckoned bounce would be consistent throughout the match.
"I feel the bounce will be consistent throughout the match. I don't think there will be low bounce or anything," said Brathwaite, who scored his career best 68 during the ongoing Test.
The tourists played cautious cricket during the opening session on Tuesday, putting 80 runs on the board without loss. Brathwaite said that the Indian bowlers were bowling a good line and length in the first session, so it was a bit difficult to target them.
The teenager also praised Indian debutant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jharkhand-c800 was bowling well, but failed to extract much needed bounce from the wicket.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Test after he failed to recover from the calf strain in time. Brathwaite agreed that they will miss the veteran’s experience in the ongoing Test; however, he said that the batsmen in
the side know that they would have to play responsibly and score runs in the absence of Chanderpaul.
"I mean not that much (change in strategy). Obviously he's a world class player, we know what we have to do. Batsmen know they have to score runs. That's the bottom line."
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