The Indore pitch, on which the 3rd Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series was played, has created quite a stir after the game ended in just 7 sessions.
Former Team India chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth lashed out at the hosts for the Indore pitch, and also made a blistering ‘KL Rahul’ remark in his assessment of the pitch.
“First and foremost, I am happy for KL Rahul. Thankfully, good that he did not play. If he had played on these wickets and failed to get going in the next two Tests, and if his career had ended… thank god, he didn’t play. Frankly, speaking,” he said.
“On these pitches, batting is very difficult. Whoever it is, batting is difficult. Let it be anybody, be it Virat Kohli, no one can score runs on these pitches. If you looked at it, Kuhnemann, bowling in the first innings, got the ball to rip through and turn square. On these wickets, taking wickets is not a big thing. Even if I had bowled, I would have picked up wickets. These are all hard talks, we have to accept them,” he said.
Srikkanth then slammed India for the pitches created in this series. He reminded that in 2008 contest against Australia, none were rank turners and yet India won by a 2-0 margin.
“Not a good advertisement for Test cricket at all. They are doing a mistake. Yes, if you see the 2008 series against Australia. The pitches weren’t rank turners but India would win the series 2-0. But here, the ball is turning square from Day 1. It’s hard to watch the batting on these pitches. It’s not a good advertisement for Test cricket,” he said.
