After 26 wickets fell within the first two days of the SCG Take a look at, Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the pitch and stated the pitch is “not supreme” for the Take a look at match.
“Once I noticed the pitch I did say the cows may have gone and grazed on it,” Sunil Gavaskar stated on ABC Sport.
“This isn’t the best Take a look at match pitch that you really want since you need it to enter a fourth or the fifth day. Until there’s rain I don’t see us being right here on day 4.”
Gavaskar additionally stated that “all hell would have damaged free” if the identical factor occurred on an Indian pitch.
“All hell would have damaged free. There would have been every kind of innuendos, all types of feedback about ‘Is that this an excellent pitch?’” he stated.
“Even former gamers who performed on this pitch earlier than have been so shocked. We had Glenn McGrath saying he’d by no means seen that a lot grass on the pitch.
“The purpose is, once you go abroad you need to be ready to play on the floor.”
Gavaskar additionally slammed former cricketers from England and Australia for bemoaning powerful pitches within the India.
“Over time have you ever ever heard a former Indian cricketer complain about situations? They settle for that’s what taking part in abroad is all about,” Gavaskar stated.
“We aren’t moaners, we aren’t whingers. Once we go [abroad] and play cricket we are going to powerful it out, and if we’re overwhelmed, we’re overwhelmed. We perceive that abroad it’s very tough to beat house groups. You’ll by no means discover us complaining.
“However 15 wickets in a day in India, man, there can be hell.”
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