The perils of the Ranchi pitch are not merely confined to the realm of technical challenges, they extend into the psychological domain
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rajat Patidar
Key Highlights
- India’s batting cohort found themselves in the throes of a stern assessment
- Pitch quandaries was not the only problem here
- Blame it on the line and length of England’s Shoaib Bashir
With the tea interval approaching, the sky above, obscured by clouds, began to cloak itself in shadows. India’s batting cohort, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rajat Patidar, found themselves in the throes of a stern assessment, grappling not only with the unanticipated lift off the Ranchi pitch but also contending with the capricious turns the surface generated. Pitch quandaries was not the only problem here, blame it on the line and length of England’s Shoaib Bashir, complemented by the field placements his skipper Ben Stokes had in place for the Indians.