Reetinder Sodhi has highlighted that the Mohali surface was a perfect Test wicket and that the Sri Lankan batters will have to take the responsibility for their side’s defeat in the first Test against India.
The visiting Sri Lankan side lost the Mohali Test against Team India by a massive margin of an innings and 222 runs. While the Indian Team scored 574/8 in their first innings, Dimuth Karunaratne’s team were dismissed for 174 and 178 runs respectively in their two essays.
While reviewing the first Test during an interaction on India News, Reetinder Sodhi criticized the Sri Lankan batters and said:
“There was a lot of difference in the cricket. If we talk about the Indian team, they dominated, played fantastic cricket. If we talk about Sri Lanka, they were struggling, they were ripped apart. The Sri Lankan batters committed cardinal errors and they were made to pay for it.”
He added that the pitch did not play a role in the Sri Lankan batters’ dismissals and said:
“You have to agree that it was a placid wicket, it was a brilliant Test wicket. You could have batted on this wicket. You will not get out if you don’t play a bad shot. But you have to give credit to Team India. The game was as the Indian public had expected.”
