XtraTime Web Desk: Though India lost the first Test against England at the Edgbaston but their ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels that it’s unfair to feel defeated or pained so early in this series as it’s a long series and there are a lot of things we can feel proud of at the end of this game.
“I think this is a game where we would have liked to finish on the winning side. There are a lot of things we can feel proud of at the end of this game, it’s a long test series so to feel defeated or pained so early on in the series is unfair and at the moment it is all about the feelings that I am bringing out, and I don’t feel that bad about it as of now because I thought we competed really well and made two comebacks and probably didn’t close out the game when the initiative was on our side,” said Ashwin while talking to the media at the post-match press-conference.
As per Ashwin it was quite a tough pitch to bat on and he thinks the Indian batsmen need to be given some space and they will come back harder.
“I think it was quite a tough pitch to bat on. I don’t think batsmen from both sides were able to make runs with lot of freedom barring the partnership between Root and Bairstow in the first innings and then Virat from our side. It has been quite a struggle that way so I think we need to give batsmen some space that way.