On Thursday, the England cricket team was bundled out by the Indian team for a meager score of 205 in their first innings of the ongoing fourth Test. Earlier, the visitor had won the toss and decided to bat first, and former England batsman Kevin Pietersen said that the Indian spinners are just too good for the visitors.
Out of 10, 8 English wickets were taken by the Indian spinner on the first day, and tweeting about the same, Kevin Pietersen said, “The Indian spinners are bloody good.” Axar Patel was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts as he scalped 4 wickets, missing out on what would have been his fourth successive five-wicket haul if he had got a fifth.
The Indian spinners are bloody good!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) March 4, 2021
Ravichandran Ashwin had managed to scalp 3 wickets on Day 1 and Washington Sundar took a lone wicket of Ben Stokes. Earlier in the day when England had already lost five wickets, in another tweet, Pietersen said that the pitch looks flat.
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He had tweeted, “Pitch looks FLAT! Lawrence, Pope, Foakes can get England to 275!”
Pitch looks FLAT!
Batting again – 👀
Lawrence, Pope, Foakes can get England to 275!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) March 4, 2021
Earlier in the day, after harping over the Ahmedabad pitch and how it is not suitable for cricket over the last few days, former England skipper Michael Vaughan admitted that there were no issues with the pitch on Thursday and it was the visitors who have been batting poorly.
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This happened on Thursday when England was reeling at 74/3 at the end of the first session of play. The Indian bowlers started well with Axar Patel continuing his good run and scalping the first two wickets on the day before Mohammed Siraj, who came in place of Jasprit Bumrah, dismissed England skipper Joe Root.
