'India needs a re-think on wickets back home'

Dubai: "India must re-think about their wickets back home," remarked UAE's middle-order batsman Naeemuddin Eslam.

"Indians should make fast and bouncy wickets and stop creating flat tracks. If Indians do not have fast tracks like in Barbados and Australia they will continue to lose matches. Every team now plays four fast bowlers against India mainly because every one now knows that Indians are weak against short-pitched balls," added Eslam, who made his one-day International debut against India during the 2004 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.

"Indians also do not have a genuine pacer. Zaheer Khan is their fastest who bowls at around 130km/hr. Take a look at the Australian and South African teams. Australian pacers like Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes and South Africa's Albie Morkel and Dale Steyn maintain an average speed of around 145km/h. Indians relied too much on their spinners," he said.