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New Delhi: Washington Sundar said execution of plans let Indian batters down on the third day of the second Test in Guwahati on Monday.
India conceded a 288-run lead in the first innings after South Africa posted 489 as the home team batters paid for their over-aggressiveness.
The dismissal of India's stand-in skipper Rishabh Pant on seven, charging down the track to Marco Jansen but edging a short ball to the keeper was emblematic of their woes.
"On another day, the bowlers would have gone into the stands and all of us would have appreciated and clapped. That's how it is. Sometimes you just got to back their plans and their skill sets as well," Washington said after the end of the day's action.
"Given the fact that they have shown a lot of proof and evidence in the past as well. I think it is just about them backing their skill sets. Obviously, execution didn't go the way we wanted."
Sundar said the wicket remains a good surface but batters need to spend time on the pitch, even disagreeing that there is a hint of uneven bounce.
"It wasn't a snake pit or whatever you may call it. It was a very good wicket. It was a true wicket. Not many days you will get to bat on such tracks, especially in India. Honestly, it is a true wicket. If you spend time there, runs are there for the taking," he said.
"It wasn't uneven at all. He is obviously the tallest going around and he gets that bit of a sharp bounce off good length. We have played such bowlers quite a lot.
"Just on another day, we would have batted the same deliveries a lot better and it would have seemed like a very different scenario."
"Politically correct as ever, Washington wasn't someone whose defence could be breached with a "flighted query" about being unsettled after being pushed up and down the batting order.
"I would say I am the happiest to bat wherever the team wants me to bat. That way, it is a lot more exciting. This is a team game," was all that one could extract out of him," he added.
