“If it is the same pitch, I think it will be slightly easier. I feel the pink ball was a bit harder — it skidded on quite quickly, which is why Axar Patel got so many wickets, lbw and bowled.”
The opening batsman, who missed the first two Tests after getting injured ahead of the first two Tests after slipping while walking on the marble floor with spikes on at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai, said that England are expecting the pitch to be a turner.
England trail 1-2 in the series and their chance of making the final of the World Test Championship is over. India though are in with a strong chance. If they win or even draw the fourth and final Test, then they will qualify for the final against New Zealand in London in June.
Visitors England last won a series in India in 2012-13 and since then they have won just one out of eight Tests they have played in India. They have lost six of those Tests, including four on the last tour.
“There’s definitely a way back. We’re only one game…