<p>Former captain Andrew Strauss believes England batsmen are just not good enough to tackle the spin-friendly Indian conditions after yet another flop show by the visitors in the first innings of the ongoing fourth Test in Ahmedabad.</p>.<p>England's batsmen on Thursday produced a shoddy performance to surrender the momentum to India with Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin calling the shots on the opening day of the Test here.</p>.<p>After five innings, England crossed the 200-run mark when the managed a total of 205 in 75.5 overs before being bowled out.</p>.<p>"Let's not hide away from the truth. England's batting quite frankly is not good enough in these conditions," Strauss was quoted as saying by 'Channel 4'.</p>.<p>"You can talk about the pitch and about the ball and about anything else, but you have to find a way to score first innings runs and they have got very few to play with."</p>.<p>The 44-year-old Strauss, a former left-handed opener, feels England batsmen are losing the battle in their minds as they have been committing the same mistakes which they did in the previous two Test matches.</p>.<p>"It is scarcely believable," he said.</p>.<p>"England are making the same mistakes they have made throughout the whole series. The non-turning ball has left them non-plussed."</p>.<p>England are trailing the four-match series 1-2.</p>
<p>Former captain Andrew Strauss believes England batsmen are just not good enough to tackle the spin-friendly Indian conditions after yet another flop show by the visitors in the first innings of the ongoing fourth Test in Ahmedabad.</p>.<p>England's batsmen on Thursday produced a shoddy performance to surrender the momentum to India with Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin calling the shots on the opening day of the Test here.</p>.<p>After five innings, England crossed the 200-run mark when the managed a total of 205 in 75.5 overs before being bowled out.</p>.<p>"Let's not hide away from the truth. England's batting quite frankly is not good enough in these conditions," Strauss was quoted as saying by 'Channel 4'.</p>.<p>"You can talk about the pitch and about the ball and about anything else, but you have to find a way to score first innings runs and they have got very few to play with."</p>.<p>The 44-year-old Strauss, a former left-handed opener, feels England batsmen are losing the battle in their minds as they have been committing the same mistakes which they did in the previous two Test matches.</p>.<p>"It is scarcely believable," he said.</p>.<p>"England are making the same mistakes they have made throughout the whole series. The non-turning ball has left them non-plussed."</p>.<p>England are trailing the four-match series 1-2.</p>