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Geoffrey Boycott has told England to learn from the example of India captain Virat Kohli when it comes to batting on spin-friendly pitches. England were twice dismissed cheaply on a Chennai pitch offering considerable turn as hosts India won the second Test by the huge margin of 317 runs on Tuesday to level the four-match series at 1-1.
Even though pitches around the word have long varied because of differences in climate, Boycott said England could use Indian conditions to their advantage — especially if they understood how Kohli followed being bowled for nought by off-spinner Moeen Ali in India’s first innings with a second-innings 62.
“The great thing about Indian pitches is that they are not fast,” former England opener Boycott wrote in his Daily Telegraph column.—AP
