Speedster Umesh Yadav on Friday joined the growing list of Indian players who feel 'SG Test' ball was not ideal, saying the bowlers are unable to run through lower-order when it gets old.
India skipper Virat Kohli has already advocated the use of hand-made Dukes from England.
“If you are saying that lower order has scored runs, then you must realise that in India, with SG Test balls on these kinds of flat tracks, you neither get pace nor bounce. So the option to use variations ends,” Umesh said at the post-match conference.
“So (with SG) all you can do is to bowl one spot but then you will realise that nothing is happening even off the pitch nor is it swinging. So when middle and lower order comes in they know that ball has become soft and it doesn't come at a pace and batting becomes easier,” said Umesh
“Tail-enders know that it will neither swing nor reverse. You just have to wait for something to happen and keep trying. But you can't really do it on such a big ground, the ones and twos keep coming. And West Indies' game is like that only,” he sounded helpless.
It was an exceptional effort from him on a flat track and he said that he was prepared for a long haul after Shardul Thakur's groin injury. Umesh ended up with a magical figure of 3 for 83 from 23 overs.