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- Updated: November 29, 2016
Andhra coach Sanath Kumar said he was surprised at spinners picking 19 of the 20 wickets to fall on a Dhanbad surface that had a “lot of grass.” Goa left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati, on the other hand, said he expected the surface to offer turn, but not on the first day itself.
Goa, sent in to bat, were shot out for 115, with left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt and debutant off-spinner B Siddharth taking six and four wickets respectively. In response, Andhra, well placed at 100 for 3, were bowled out for 159 with Shadab Jakati taking career-best figures of 8 for 53. Andhra opener Srikar Bharat, who scored 68 off 67 balls, was the only batsman to pass 50 on either side.
Only 13 overs of the 90 were bowled by seamers from both sides. “We thought it was initially going to be a seamer-friendly wicket,” Sanath told ESPNcricinfo. “We went with three seamers, and when we bowled the wicket was slow. Just to check the extent of moisture in the pitch, we bowled Bhargav and it started turning square. Then we continued with both the spinners.
“We have never played here, so nobody had …
