IND vs AUS: Have you forgotten Gaba’s trickery… Aussies should not forget that they are making hue and cry on Indore’s pitch

Melbourne: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has lashed out at all the three pitches used so far for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, saying that some degree of ‘gimmicking’ has been done in preparing such pitches. India lead the four-match series 2-1 with one Test match remaining in Ahmedabad. The Nagpur and New Delhi pitches were rated ‘Average’ by the ICC while the Indore pitch was rated ‘Poor’ by match referee Chris Broad. This bad rating also earned Indore three demerit points and these points will remain for a period of five years.

India were bundled out for scores of 109 and 163 in both innings, while Australia scored 197 in the first innings and then chased down the target of 76 on the morning of the third day to win. While giving the pitch rating of Indore to the Sydney Morning Herald, Taylor said, ‘I agree with it. I definitely think the pitches have been absolutely bad for the series. To be honest, the Indore pitch was the worst of the three. I don’t think spinners should get that much help from day one on the pitch.

The former opener batsman said, “If this happens on the fourth or fifth day of the match, then things are understandable but if the ball turns so much from the first day itself, then it is the result of poor (pitch) preparation.” I felt that the Indore pitch was very bad and the ranking should have been given accordingly.

South Africa was in bad condition in Gaba

Former India legend Sunil Gavaskar, however, is not happy with the ‘poor’ rating given to the pitch at Indore. He cited the example of the Gabba pitch, where the first Test between Australia and South Africa in December was given a ‘poor to average’ rating by the ICC despite ending within two.

Taylor disagreed with him, saying that the Brisbane pitch was the same for both the teams, while the first three Tests of the India-Australia series were completely prepared for spinners.

The Australian captain said, ‘The South African fast bowlers would have been equally helped (as Australia) on the Gabba pitch because they had four very good fast bowlers. This is not the case with Indian pitches. Here such pitches are prepared with trickery. “It gave our spinners a chance to show their skills and they did better than India thought,” he said.

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