Mumbai, Nov 19: India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar feels the debate over preparing a spin-friendly track at the Eden Gardens for the opening Test against South Africa is pointless as the country has been laying out such wickets for ages.India suffered a 30-run defeat inside at the hands of the Proteas inside three days, failing to chase a miniscule 124-run target. The loss to South Africa in Kolkata had shades of the 0-3 drubbing at the hand of New Zealand last year where the Blackcaps spinners played a pivotal role in their historic cleansweep against Rohit Sharma’s side.
However, Bhuvneshwar didn’t read too much into the defeat.
“This is not the first time a spin-friendly track has been prepared. No one raised this question (before) because India was winning. And, winning and losing is part of the game.
“It’s not that the team has not lost before or it has lost for the first time.
“I don’t think it’s (defeat) a big worry for me,” said the 35-year-old pacer, who announced the launch of ‘CricGiri’ app, of which he is the co-founder.
On whether it was necessary for India to play four spinners at the Eden, Bhuvneshwar said, the selection would have been made based on the condition of the pitch.
“The way the wicket was prepared, we all know that the requirement was for four spinners (Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar).
“We had some good spinners, it was a turning track and the way the match went, it was a good decision to play (four) spinners,” he said.