Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden knocked the pitch at Holkar Stadium in Indore being utilized for the 3rd Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test, stating that pitches like them are not ideal for playing the longest format of the video game. After India won the toss and chosen to bat initially on a dry pitch, mad play followed, where every ball was actually an occasion as the ball turned huge apart from variable bounce entering play, as the hosts’ lost half of their side at 45 and ultimately lost 2 more by the time lunch got here. India were bowled out for 109 after lunch.
“No method spinners ought to concern bowl in the 6th over. This is the factor I do not like these type of surface areas. It should not be keeping this low and turning a lot on Day 1. It does n`t matter whether Australia wins this Test or India,” Hayden stated on air on Wednesday (March 1).
“These sort of surface areas are bad for Test cricket. You are enabled to have a four-five days Test match. At this speed I sympathize with the fans, I do not believe this Test will choose Day 4,” stated Hayden while on commentary responsibilities throughout the very first session on the first day.
Hosting the 3rd Test in Indore took place just after the initial location at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala was considered unsuited to host the Test match. In the very first session of the very first Test in Nagpur, the ball turned 2.5 degrees for the spinners on an average, while it was 3.8 degrees in New Delhi. At Indore, it turned a massive 4.8 degrees.
“This is why I’ve got an issue with these conditions. There’s no other way on the planet that a spin bowler ought to begin in the 6th over. 4.8 degrees, that’s enormous turn. That’s the sort of turn you ‘d anticipate day 3,” Hayden included.
“You’ve got to provide batters a possibility … Day one, day 2 must have to do with batting. It should not be a spin bowler’s paradise always, it should not be keeping low and turning a mile on the first day.
“The video game should not be progressing this rapidly. You’re enabled to have a 4 or 5 day Test match! Otherwise simply call it as it is, we’ll simply play three-dayers,” the previous Australia opener felt.