LAHORE, April 2: Pakistan coach Javed Miandad has told his bowlers they need to get their act together if they are to level the series against India after losing the first Test by an innings and 52 runs.

India registered their first Test victory on Pakistani soil, when they won in Multan on Thursday having scored 675 for five declared in their first innings. The second test of the three-match series starts in Lahore on Monday.

"The truth is our bowlers didn't exploit the conditions as well as the Indians," Miandad told Reuters on Friday.

"The track was not a flat one at all. It was good for batting but it also had encouragement for the bowlers," he said.

Miandad has asked his bowlers to watch videos of former Test players to analyse where they had gone wrong.

The Multan wicket was blamed for India's dominating batting performance but their bowlers also made better use of the conditions to bowl out Pakistan for 407 and 216.

"A flat track is where the ball does not come above waist height," Miandad said.

"There was lot of bounce on all four days and even on the fifth day the wicket-keeper was collecting the ball around his chest. We just didn't apply ourselves like we should have."

Miandad said it was going to be difficult to contain India's batting unless his bowlers swung the ball around.

"These are not batsmen who are going to run away from sheer pace. You have to beat them with movement. Irfan Pathan was successful because he kept on moving the ball both ways."

India's Pathan grabbed a career-best four for 100 in the first innings and leg-spinner Anil Kumble picked up a six-wicket haul in the second.

Opener Virender Sehwag slammed an Indian record 309, punishing Pakistan's pace attack of Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami and Shabbir Ahmed. Sachin Tendulkar added an unbeaten 194.

"For someone as aggressive as Sehwag to curb his natural instinct for nearly two days was a great example of discipline and application," Miandad said.-Agencies

Our Sports Correspondent adds: Pakistan coach Javed Miandad said on Friday that it was not his but the captain's job to decide what kind of pitch he wanted for any match.

Talking to reporters at the Qadhafi Stadium, Miandad said that the pitch for the second Test against India was being prepared and he had no authority to give any guidance/advice to the curator.

Miandad said that no decision had been taken on the playing eleven for the second Test. "There is enough time before the game."

To a question, Miandad said he wished that someone repeated his Sharjah-like heroics against India.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appeared to be under pressure after the first Test defeat, as it took the mind-boggling decision of not allowing photographers to snap Pakistan team practicing at the stadium on Friday.

A large number of police officials had been deployed at the gates in front of the pavilion, restricting the photographers' entry.

Later, sports journalists met the PCB chief executive Ramiz Raja, to ask why the restriction was imposed. However, Ramiz allowed the photographers after advising them to shoot from inside the iron-bar and that no shot of the pitch would be taken. But the photographers preferred to stage a boycott.

Meanwhile, the English curator Andy Atkinson remained busy in preparing pitches for the second Test. There are three to four surfaces under preparation. It is learnt that a bouncy wicket will be chosen for the second Test.

Only Indian stand-in-captain Rahul Dravid with V.V.S Laxman came to have a brief practice session and soon returned.

Later, the Indian team visited Wagah to see the flag- lowering ceremony, a daily and most impressive event of the two neighbouring countries (Pakistan and India).