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Indian coach frustrated with questions on wicket at press conference

[caption id="attachment_38209" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Anil Kumble is inspecting the Chinnaswamy wicket on Thursday. Image Source: XtraTime[/caption] Internet Desk: Indian cricket team’s chief coach and legendary leg spinner Anil Kumble said that he and his boys are not worried about Bengaluru’s wicket and want to look ahead for the second Test against Australia. Talking about Chinnaswamy wicket, Kumble said he was expecting it to be a result-oriented track. "I don't know much about the Chinnaswamy wicket to be frank. I have grown up playing on this ground but it is generally been a good batting surface. I'm sure it will be a result wicket and that's exactly what we want in a Test match. Kumble said pitch conditions never bothered him during his playing days. At one stage he was looking a bit frustrated with questions on wicket at the press-conference. "In my playing days I never looked at the pitch. People wrote a lot about my bowling with regard to pitch but as a bowler or captain or coach I never bothered to look at the pitch. Yes we go there look at the pitch and come up with what you need to do and decide what kind of strategies you need to put with regard to what you read looking at the pitch," he said. The legendary leg-spinner said that the Indian team didn’t play to their strength in the first Test in Pune, where Kohli’s men lost to the Aussies by a huge margin of 333-run. The first Test in Pune was ended inside just three days, as Australia’s new bowling sensation Steve O’Keefe took 12 wickets in the match. "What has happened in Pune is done and dusted. I don't think we played to our potential. The team didn't adapt to the conditions. Every game we need to adapt to what comes our way. Australia played well," Kumble said. "Now we are looking forward to the second game to get back to winning ways. It was a team failure and we cannot point fingers at anyone," Kumble added. "We would like to come back into this Test match playing to our potential. And I also said earlier that if we tick those boxes regularly, the results go our way," he said. The veteran leg-spinner also added that in the first Test there were many close calls had happened in the middle so it is not the right time to question the Decision Review System. India’s all four reviews went wrong while they were fielding and only one decision went in favour of India while they were batting in the first Test. "No, I don't think we messed it up. We did certainly better in DRS than England and Bangladesh. Those calls were really close. So, I don't think we need to worry about that," Kumble said. Kumble also made it clear that the team management will not replace middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who was dismissed for 13 and 18 in both the innings. "There's no question of dropping Ajinkya Rahane. He has scored well and has been extremely successful. It is unfortunate that Karun Nair has missed out. That's how the team composition goes," Kumble said.