Asked what lessons had been learned from the matches, Pataudi responded, “We thought it was completely a batsmen’s tournament, but it isn’t — it turned out very much to be a 50-50.
“The bowlers learn to bowl a different line, a different length. The batsmen. The successful ones, have basically played correct cricket, although sometimes they’ve heaved the ball around. There has been a dramatic improvement in the fielding, a dramatic improvement in the outfield infrastructure, in the wickets and so on, especially if you look at it being played in May, in the middle of summer, when the wickets tend to crack very quickly.”
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