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With the grueling five-match series set for Aug. 1 at Edgbaston, Indian cricket coach Ravi Shastri said on Wednesday that the current team would never make difficult conditions an excuse for his performances. India's only warm-up match in front of the Test series was reduced to three days due to weather conditions, as the team was not satisfied with the field and the outside field of the Esbad County. Clarifying on the complaints, Shastri said that his team would never give excuses regarding terrain or terrain conditions and the scorching heat with the logistics were the factors to reduce the warm-up match to three days
(in) your country, I do not ask questions (in) my country, you do not ask, there was grbad on this ground, the investigators asked us if we wanted the l & # 39; Grbad is removed. "Absolutely not". (It's your) prerogative You give (the wicket), we play, so when you come to my country, you can never ask (about the locations), "said Shastri at a conference of press
"The match was reduced from four days to three because of the logistics and the weather it was doing, and we had the opportunity to train for three days in Birmingham, the venue of Test match, if we had played four days here, we would have lost a day. It is as simple as that because the prerogative to play two or three days Shastri elaborated.
He said that the decision to shorten the match was taken Tuesday during practice, so that the team could get an extra session and get acquainted with the site. 19659003] "The basic idea was to have a session at Edgbaston on Sunday, and travel on Saturday to practice on Sunday.The reason is to arrive at the test match venue because it would not have been helpful with an extra day here, and an extra day will give us more familiarity with the place and conditions under which you play the first test, "said Shastri.
(With PTI entries)
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