South Africa batsman Hashim Amla on Thursday termed the Wanderers wicket as one of the toughest and quickest pitches he has ever batted on.India finished day two at 49 for one in their second innings after the Proteas were bowled out for 194 in their first innings.
"It is probably one of the toughest (wickets). I can think back recently in England we played and there were a couple of tough wickets there as well," Amla said at the post day's press conference.
"But this one has a lot of pace and bounce. It is probably one of the pacy wickets that I have played on. There have been a couple in one or two years, quite fickle. In England, certainly there were one or two. It's quite challenging to bat on," he said.
Amla said for a batsman it's always a challenge to bat on this kind of surface.
"It's quite a spicy wicket. No one can hide from the fact you can get out on any ball, so in the same token it's challenging as batsmen," he said.
"Sometimes we get on to wickets where you can score when it's pretty flat. Bowlers are enjoying themselves. It's quite difficult to bat," Amla added.
Amla scored a fighting 61 runs off 121 balls and got good support in the morning session from Kagiso Rabada, who batted for nearly two hours scoring 30 runs off 84 balls.