London, July 30:
Skipper Sourav
Ganguly confessed that he probably should have gone into the
Lord's Test with two spinners.
"When you have two
great spinners in the team (Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh), it
is always difficult to pick one," Ganguly said on Monday.
"Probably, we should have gone in with two spinners". India
opted for three seamers and one spinner here.
Conceding that England
deserved to win this first Test on the basis of their
performance on the first three days, the Indian skipper sounded
defiant saying "a lot of cricket is still left in the series".
Explaining the batting
collapses in both innings, Ganguly said: "Such things happen
early in a series"
England captain Nasser
Hussain, who also bagged the Man of the Match award, said: "We
didn't expect the match to go into the fifth day. The Indian
batting today was something special".
"The way the Indians
batted today, we have some hard work ahead (in the series),"
said Hussain trying to explain that his team was not going to
take things easy after today's 170-run victory.
He refused to identify
any particular player for praise saying it was team work. The
England captain also said that he and coach Duncan Fletcher made
the right decision in not enforcing the follow-on.
Explaining the decision
to bat rather than force India in again, Hussain said: "I
discussed the declaration with Duncan. "We decided that with
heat and forecast to ask our team to bowl for three days
continuous was a bit much - I think we got it just about right."
He said the Test was a
real team effort. "We rotated the bowlers and everyone got
wickets and runs."
