Former Australia opener Mark Waugh was extremely critical of the pitch in Indore after 14 wickets fell on Day 1 of the third Test encounter between India and Australia on Wednesday.
The pitch produced uneven bounce for the players and most of the batters were stunned by the amount of spin on offer for the Aussie bowlers.
India were bundled out for just 109 and in response, Australia started well but ended up losing four wickets before the end of day's play. "It was mayhem.
The pitch was not up to test standard, I think that's a fair thing to say," Mark Waugh told Fox Sports after the day ended. "Balls going through the top (layer) in the first 20 minutes of a Test match, that's not good enough." Waugh also pointed out that the Australia batters did not attempt to play the sweep shot after several experts blamed them for over-relying on the shot in their bid to counter the Indian spinners. "They've played very straight; they've hardly played a sweep shot.