India showed us how to play in these conditions: Heather Knight

England captain Heather Knight on Saturday conceded India showed them how to play in testing conditions after Harmanpreet Kaurs side notched up the biggestever win by runs in womens Test cricket Despite playing on home soil after nine years India crushed England by 347 runs inside three days during their oneoff Test here at the DY Patil StadiumOn the third day England lost all 10 wickets in a slightly extended first session as offspinner Deepti Sharma and pacer Pooja Vastrakar shared seven wickets among themAlso ReadIND vs SA Shami ruled out of SA test series Deepak Chahar pulls out of ODIsIt probably deteriorated a little bit faster than probably we expected I think it was a reasonably good pitch in the first innings to bat on Knight told the media here after the conclusion of the gameToday Saturday they bowled outstandingly They showed exactly how to play in these conditions as you would expect They just managed to get a little bit of nibble It was the seam movement this morning when you hit a good area and that made it quite tough That accounted for obviously a few wickets in our toporder Knight addedAlso ReadIN PHOTOS IND vs SA ODIs Players to score most runsKnight praised India seamer Vastrakar 323 for rattling England while taking the wickets of Sophie Dunkley and Nat SciverBrunt on successive deliveries I thought PJ Pooja Vastrakar in particular was outstandingthe late seam that she got off the wicket Knight saidA good lesson to our bowlers about how to bowl in these conditions Obviously with the spin it was quite extreme she said The England skipper did not forget to mention Indias approach with the bat on the first day wherein they scored 4107 at around 45 runs an overWe learned a lot from how India played in their first innings how they found that right level between attack and and defence and trying to put pressure back on the bowlers Knight said We learned a lot from that and tried to take it into today a little bit but the way India bowled They had an outstanding day and really suited these conditions in how they executed their plans she saidKnight said it was souldestroying for England pacers as there was not enough carry on the pitch There were a few nicks that did not carry which can be quite souldestroying for some of those fast bowlers when your best ball does not carry to the slips Knight saidWe identified that the wobble ball was really effective and were trying to get as much out of that as we could Knight said playing Test cricket in India can expose a cricketer to shortcomingsVery very extreme conditions for us Something that India does to you as a cricketer When you do face these extreme conditions it really challenges you and exposes areas in your game that you need to be better and different skill sets that you need to have in different conditions she saidThis 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