Colombo, July 30: Lambasting the lifeless pitch that produced a dull high-scoring draw against Sri Lanka, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said the track made it seem that the bowlers were there just to get smashed all over the park.
Sri Lanka piled up 642 declared before India replied in similar fashion to post 707 on the board in a rather disappointing track which offered nothing to the bowlers.
“If not for the fast bowlers, at least for the spinners we can make Test cricket interesting. It doesn’t have to be bouncy. In this game, it was all about the batsmen and the bowlers were just getting wacked all over the park,” Dhoni said.
Dhoni’s opposite number Kumar Sangakkara too felt the bowlers were made to work very hard by the pitch.
–Agencies