India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on Wednesday insisted that they do not ask for tailor-made pitches in Tests and also backed out-of-form legends Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma, saying that they must be given "space and time to come back".
After copping first-ever Test series loss at home in 12 years, India will strive to salvage their pride when they clash with New Zealand in the third and final Test from Friday.
Playing on a track that assisted spinners, India lost the Pune Test by 113 run. It is being speculated that the pitch at Wankhede Stadium here could again favour the spinners.
Nayar refuted suggestions that turning tracks are being made at the best of the team. "I wish we could curate pitches, but we don't.
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