IND AUS Indore Pitch: Indian Cricket Team – Indore pitch could very well get a below-average rating by the ICC match referee. The Holkar Cricket Stadium pitch was an absolute nightmare for the batters as the ball started to spin square inside the first 30 minutes. 14 wickets fell on day one of the third India vs Australia Test, and it has reignited the debate of India preparing under-prepared surfaces for the Test matches. While nothing is confirmed yet, ICC match referee Chris Board is likely to take action this time around. Follow IND vs AUS Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
IND AUS Indore PITCH: Another EMBARRASSMENT for BCCI as ICC set to give ‘Below Average’ rating to Indore Pitch, CHECK out
IND AUS Indore Pitch: Why does ICC is likely to give below average rating to the Indore surface?
- India were all out for just 109 in just over a session on day one of the Indore Test, while Australia lost four wickets and crawled their way to 156 at end of the day’s play.
- Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon got a massive 8.3 degree of turn and got one to dart back with a ball keeping low.
- With Delhi and Nagpur Test matches ending in three days, the Indore Test is also likely to follow that trend.
- However, the Indore pitch started to generate an awkward turn from day one itself prompting experts and fans to deem it unfit.
- Former India cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar feels pitches make all the difference, and if the ball turns square from day one then it is not a good advert for Test cricket.
“The pitch makes all the difference if you want to watch good cricket. You must have wickets with even bounce so that both batters and bowlers get equal opportunity. If the ball turns from day one and the first session itself and that too with uneven bounce, it makes a mockery of Test cricket,” Vengsarkar told PTI.
For the unversed, the match at Indore was shifted last minute owing to Dharmshala’s venue proving to be unfit and underprepared. A pitch expert who did not wish to be named said that it takes at least a month to prepare a sporting wicket.
“It takes at least a month to prepare a Test wicket. Pitches too need rest. In this case, there were not even two weeks of time in between the Ranji Trophy semi-final and this game. Before that, there was an ODI played against New Zealand last month. That seems to have contributed to how the pitch is behaving,” said an expert in the know of things. PTI.
IND AUS Indore PITCH: Another EMBARRASSMENT for BCCI as ICC set to give ‘Below Average’ rating to Indore Pitch, CHECK out
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