Steve Smith, the vice-captain of the Australian cricket team in the longest format of the game got a look at the Nagpur Stadium pitch which is going to be used for the 1st between India and Australia.
Known as a good reader of pitch, Steve Smith came out with his verdict on the Nagpur Stadium pitch just by looking at it for a few minutes. He thinks that Nagpur’s pitch is skiddy and slow and the left-handers will find themselves in trouble against the spinners.
IND vs AUS 1st Test Pitch Report by Steve Smith
“Pitch is very high, at least one end, spinning in for our left-handers. I think it will be a bit skiddy, and slow but not entirely sure,” said Steve Smith after assessing the Nagpur Stadium pitch for the 1st Test between India and Australia.
A few days earlier, Steve Smith had called the Border Gavaskar Trophy bigger than the Ashes. “It’s a difficult place to win… a test match let alone a test series. So you know if we’re able to topple that mountain that would be huge. I think if we can win India that would be bigger than an Ashes series,” Smith said.
