New Delhi: West Indian batting legend Vivian Richards yesterday expressed surprise at the way Indian batsmen crumbled against the Sri Lankan slow bowlers in the first cricket Test, saying "the best players of spin" were "found wanting" while chasing a small target.


Vivian Richards. Pic/Sameer Markande 

India were all out for 112 while chasing a victory target of 176 in the fourth innings at Galle, thereby losing the match by 63 runs with only two batsmen managing double digit scores. "India were to get some 170-odd runs to win and they have some of the best players against spin. But they were found wanting. It was not a big total but it looked hard for them," Richards, considered one of the most destructive batsmen to have played the game, said.