Flat wicket forced us to bowl defensively, says Shahbaz Nadeem

The flat wicket at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday made it hard for the Indian bowlers to go for the wickets and instead they have been forced to bowl defensively and wait for the batsmen to make mistakes said India leftarm spinner Shahbaz NadeemNadeem took the wickets of Joe Root and Ben Stokes but not before the two shared a 124run partnership out of which Ben Stokes made 82 to drive England ahead The visitors finished on 555 for eight wickets at the end of the second dayTo bowl in the right areas was the plan on this pitch If you go for wickets then you tend to give runs The plan was to bowl in good areas and if the batsmen play some bad shots then you have a chance to get wickets My plan was also the same said Nadeem who admitted to struggling against Joe Roots sweep shotsRoot is a very good batsman He has been in form of late He is sweeping really well So to bowl to him you have to plan to stay on the stumps and not bowl away from stumps It becomes a problem when a batsman starts sweeping but at the same time you have to stick to your line and length and wait for batsman to make mistakes he addedThere has not been much change in the wicket There is just a rough which is on the left of the batsman that can trouble but in the centre it is still goodThe 31yearold spinner said on Saturday that he struggled with his delivery stride because he was jumping a bit late Nadeem bowled six no balls out of the 19 India bowled over the two daysI feel I am jumping a bit late I should be jumping well before the crease but I think I am jumping a bit late That is why the problem existed Yesterday it was more today it was a bit less Planning to work on that in the nets he explainedNadeem who is playing just his second Test said that Ishant Sharmas wickets of Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer were very crucialIf we wouldnt have got those wickets those batsmen would have still been batting Two bowlers batting can be called an upper hand he said and also explained why India are still in the gameWe have to get them out as early as possible The pitch is still very good for batting I am sure our batsmen will also score a big total he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever