This story is from January 17, 2019

Not the greatest of wickets for a Ranji quarterfinal: Parthiv Patel on Krishnagiri pitch

Gujarat captain Parthiv Patel has expressed his displeasure at the uneven nature of the pitch at Krishnagiri Stadium for the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal which his team lost by a huge margin of 113 runs to Kerala.
Not the greatest of wickets for a Ranji quarterfinal: Parthiv Patel on Krishnagiri pitch
Parthiv Patel. (TOI Photo)
KRISHNAGIRI (Wayanad): Gujarat captain Parthiv Patel has expressed his displeasure at the uneven nature of the pitch at Krishnagiri Stadium for the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal which his team lost by a huge margin of 113 runs to Kerala.
"I wouldn't say it was the proper wicket. It wasn't the greatest of wickets for a Ranji Trophy quarterfinal. The scores are suggesting. I don't mind playing on a seaming wicket or a turning wicket.
Up and down wicket from ball one is something we don't want. Everyone saw how many balls were hitting the batsmen. Seaming wicket, bouncy wicket that's not a problem. To start up and down from the first day first session, it's a bit dangerous," said Parthiv.
Parthiv, however, said that Kerala deserved to win the match. "We were outbowled throughout the game. They bowled better than us on this wicket and they deserved to win. Our shot selection could have been better in the first innings. Conceding 185 runs on that wicket and then again 171 was definitely more than ideal," he said.
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