India, Nov. 24 -- India's premier spinner Kuldeep Yadav on Sunday compared the 22-yard strip at the Barsapara Stadium to a "road" due to the benign nature of the surface that allowed South Africa's lower-order batters to take the team's first-innings score to 489 in the second Test.Asked about his opinion on playing in Kolkata, where batters struggled and here in Barsapara where it became a nightmare for the spinners, Kuldeep's reply was laced with sarcasm.

"Kolkata ka wicket toh alag thaa. Yeh to pura road tha (Kolkata's wicket was different and this was a whole road). So it's challenging and that's why it's called a Test wicket," said Kuldeep, who was the pick of the India bowlers with figures of 4 for 115 in 29.1 overs. It will be int...