England skipper Joe Root has heaped praises on the Indian fast-bowling quartet comprising Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Siraj for using the English conditions to perfection. Indian pacers have outshined their England counterparts in the first two Tests matches so far.
Indian pacers grabbed 20 wickets in the first two Test matches and kept England batsmen from scoring freely. However, Joe Root has scored 386 runs so far in the series but he was in full praises for the Indian fast bowling arsenal during a virtual press conference on Monday.
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“They’ve got a wonderful attack and I say, look around Test cricket, there are some fantastic attacks out there. A lot of them do suit English conditions or have had the exploits to manage these conditions very well,” said Root.
“India certainly have done that so far in this series, and we’ve got to keep being smart about finding ways to counter that, finding ways to score put the pressure back on them. I think one thing they have is they have a good balance, they have a variety of different release points.”
Meanwhile, Root has confessed that his team has learnt lessons from the previous game and will not try to repeat them going ahead in the series.
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“We’ve got to be genuine to ourselves, genuine to how we are as individuals and how we are collectively and be as good as we can, the way that we go. Virat’s team will play how they play, I just want us to go out and be the best version of ourselves,” Root said.
“I think there were always conversations you always try to find one-percenter in ways you can deal with different situations. We’ve done some good learning off the back of the last game I think we could have managed certain areas differently, me as the captain, we could have gone about things slightly differently.
“We have got three massive games to play in this series, there’s a lot to play for. And you know we’re desperate to bounce back strongly,” he added.
The third Test of the five-match series will get underway from August 25 in Leeds.
