Kohli's technical weakness covered by home pitches: Anderson
James Anderson, speaking at the end of day press conference, said Indian pitches take Virat Kohli's technical deficiencies out of the equation. "There's not that pace in the wicket to get the nicks, like we did against him in England, with a bit more movement," the pacer added. Kohli had averaged 13.40 in five Tests on the last England tour.
England will not look to play for a draw on the final day of the fourth Test against India but would rather try to score quickly to set the hosts a target and keep alive the series, fast bowler James Anderson said on Sunday.The touring side, down 2-0 in the five-match series, trail India by 49 runs with four second-innings wickets remaining at the close of the fourth day.On a turning Wankhede Stadium pitch, batting fourth will not be easy for the hosts, who made 631 in their first innings. (Also read: Mumbai Test: India eye victory after Kohli's 235)England lost three wickets cheaply in their second innings before Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow launched a counter-attack with brisk fifties to bring down the deficit."I enjoyed watching Root and Bairstow bat. I thought they did it with real positive intent and showed you can still score runs out there," Anderson told reporters."We hope that's given the lads down the order a bit of confidence going into tomorrow - because we're certainly not going to be trying to bat out for a draw. (Also read: Ravindra Jadeja becomes third fastest Indian left-arm spinner to 100 Test wickets)"If we're going to keep this series alive, we're going to have to try to get past them and try to put some pressure on in the fourth innings."India had a lead of 51 at the start of the fourth day but an eighth-wicket stand between Virat Kohli, who scored 235, and Jayant Yadav extended that advantage to 231."It is immensely frustrating," Anderson said. "Coming to the ground this morning, needing to get three wickets with them 50 ahead, if we could get them we're still well in the game."Unfortunately we didn't bowl as well as we could have first thing." (Also read: Virat Kohli made batting a lot easier, says Jayant Yadav after maiden hundred)Anderson dismissed Kohli four times during India's test series in England in 2014 but the batsman has already scored 640 runs in the ongoing series at an average of 128.