Kolkata: Young spinner Pragyan Ojha said that the Eden pitch does not much on offer for the spinners and feels that Indian batsmen will be able to bat out a draw in the third Test match here.

"I think the pitch was not doing much. It was a straight wicket and the outfield is very fast. The batsmen do not have to do much," Ojha said after the third’s day play on Friday.

"Our guys are quite confident of saving the match. We have a good past record on this here and the way the wicket is playing, I am quite confident that we would do well. The first session is very important. If we get early one or two England wickets, then the tail would open out. It is a very good batting wicket though."

Talking about his performance in the match, he said after a point of time, he stopped aiming for wickets and tried concentrated on cutting down the flow of runs.

"I had to bowl to my field without giving them easy runs. Yesterday, I was trying a bit more for early wickets. Then I spoke to myself that I should not be giving easy runs. It is not about getting defensive. It is just about not giving easy boundary balls."

Defending the sloppy performance of Ravichandran Ashwin, he said, "We are putting tremendous effort. Myself and Ashwin are trying very hard."

Indian spinners in the series have come under-fire for not being able to be quicker through air, but the left arm spinner feels that it is not same with everyone and they are sticking to their natural game.

"That is their natural pace. It is quite impossible to ask somebody with 80 kmph average speed to bowl at 100 kmph. Our pace is different."

By Indian Sports News Network