ICC changes rating of Indore pitch to ‘poor’ after BCCI’s appeal, Motera pitch to ‘average’
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International Cricket Council (ICC) On Monday, after the appeal of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the pitch rating of Indore has been changed. here earlier this month between India and Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match took place. The pitch was rated “poor” after the match. Three demerit points were given to the pitch after the match was over within three days. However, the rating has been changed to ‘below average’ following an appeal by the BCCI.
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The Indore pitch was widely criticized after 31 wickets fell in two days. Spinners took 26 wickets in this match. After India’s nine-wicket win over Australia on the third day of the third Test, ICC match referee Chris Broad gave a tough call on the pitch. He said in his report that the pitch, which was very dry, favored the spinners from the start and was not providing a balance between bat and ball.
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After the conclusion of the Border-Gavaskar series, the BCCI appealed. On behalf of the ICC, the appeals panel consisted of ICC General Manager (Cricket) Wasim Khan and Roger Harper, a member of the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee. Both reviewed the footage of the Test match. Both the panellists stated that the match referee followed the guidelines as per Appendix A of the pitch monitoring procedure. But there wasn’t enough highly variable bounce to warrant a ‘poor’ rating. Hence, the rating for the Indore pitch was changed from ‘poor’ to ‘below average’.
Indore’s pitch now has only one demerit point
This also means that it will now get only one demerit point instead of three. After this series, both Australia and India confirmed their place in the final of the World Test Championship. India won the four-match series 2–1, as the last match was a draw. The World Test Championship final will be played at The Oval in England in June. India had lost to New Zealand in the final last time.
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