There's no devil in the pitch: Bhajji

Kingston (Jamaica): After helping his team to take lead against the West Indies, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said the team should bat as long as possible on the third day of the fourth and final cricket Test to secure a match-winning total at Sabina Park.

"You can't say any total is safe these days. We know teams have gone on to chase 400 runs. We would need to get more runs to put pressure on them," Harbhajan said after picking five wickets off only four-odd overs in the West Indies' first innings on the second day.

India has taken an overall lead of 225 runs with four wickets in hand and three days' game still remaining.

Harbhajan said runs could come if batsmen apply themselves on the wicket which was not as bad as it was being made out to be.

"There is nothing wrong with the wicket. It is a wicket where fast bowlers can hope for wickets, spinners can hope for a bat-pad chance and batsmen too can make runs if they apply themselves."

"I would say it is the best wicket we have had in the entire series. On other places, you were either going for two or four runs."

Harbhajan said he did not try to do anything different than what he has been doing throughout his career.

"I didn't bowl any special bowl. There was no magic ball. It was the same I had bowled in St Kitts or in my eight years of international career."

"This is cricket. Sometimes you toil hard for 50 overs and end up with just one wicket and on other occasions you get five wickets off five overs."

Harbhajan gave credit to India's fast bowlers for maintaining the pressure throughout the series.

"We didn't expect West Indies to fold up so cheaply. But then our fast bowlers have bowled well throughout this series. It's been amazing. They took early wickets, the like of Lara and Gayle who have been among the runs in this series."

Harbhajan rounded off his comments with a word of praise for his captain Rahul Dravid, who held the innings on both the occasions in the fourth Test.

"He is a champion player. Every team would like to have a batter like him. Whenever something special is needed, he is there. Whenever somebody needs to stay at the wicket and get runs, he is there. I would be happy to finish this tour with a win. But it would not be easy. They too would be up for the challenge."