Former India player Parthiv Patel has added that Tristan Stubbs fell prey to Kuldeep Yadav in the second Test because he was looking for a single to reach his fifty as well. However, Stubbs scored 49 runs off 112 deliveries on Day 1 (Saturday, November 22) in Guwahati as well.

During a discussion on Star Sports, Parthiv said, “Tristan Stubbs would have batted a lot against Kuldeep Yadav in the nets because they play for the same team, the Delhi Capitals. You can step out against a wrist-spinner only if you read him from the hand. If you don’t pick a wrist-spinner from the hand and try to pick after the ball pitches, it is too late by then.”

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“He was not hesitating to play the big shot because he was picking the length and line very early. As far as his dismissal is concerned, I feel he was on 49, and he was seeing that one run there. It was a ball far away from him, and he went to take a single with hard hands. He went for a milestone. You had not seen that kind of defense earlier,” he again added.

Meanwhile, Parthiv Patel also opined on Kuldeep Yadav’s dismissal of Ryan Rickelton.

“When you try to spin the ball, it pitches farther from where the batter expects. Then such a forced error happens. The ball dipped and because of that, he played a drive from far. I felt there was a second reason as well. When Rickelton was batting before the break, there was no fielder at silly point. However, when he came to bat after the break, a fielder was standing at silly point. That’s why you hesitate a little while defending on the front foot, and you push the ball. You tried to create a play and India got success because of that,” Parthiv Patel concluded.