"Indore Was The Worst...": Australia Great Has No Mercy For 'Poor' Pitch In Third India-Australia Test

05.03.2023 - 05:45 sports.ndtv.com

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has come down hard on the three pitches used for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, alleging that some amount of "skullduggery" must have been involved in preparation of such tracks.

India are currently leading 2-1 with a Test match left in Ahmedabad. While pitches in Nagpur and New Delhi were rated "average" by the ICC, the pitch for the Indore Test was rated "poor" by match referee Chris Broad.

Leading 2-0 going into the third Test, the Indian batters were undone by the Indore pitch as Australia recorded a thumping nine-wicket win in the third match to register a big win, which was Rohit Sharma-led side's only third loss at home in 45 Tests in the past decade. "I agree with that," Taylor said of the ICC rating the Indore pitch as poor. "I definitely think the pitches have been poor for the series, to be totally honest, and obviously the Indore one was the worst of the three.

I don't believe a pitch should be going through the top on day one," he was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald. "You might understand that day four or five if the game goes that long, but not day one, that's just poor preparation.

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