The International Cricket Council (ICC) rated a few pitches on which the Indian group performed within the ongoing World Cup ‘average’. In Ahmedabad the place Pakistan had been bowled out for 191 and in Chennai had been India shot Australia out for 199 – each surfaces aided the slower bowlers and the Men in Blue had been ready to get help on each of them whereas the batters chased them down comfortably in the long run. However, Team India head coach Rahul Dravid disagreed with the ICC saying that only the pitches producing high-scoring matches needs to be rated good.
During the pre-match press convention forward of India’s World Cup 2023 match towards New Zealand, Dravid batted for the show of expertise to take centre stage fairly than simply the batting pitches the place groups run away with the sport scoring in extra of 350-plus.Â
“If you want to only see 350-run matches and rate only those pitches as good, then I respectfully disagree with that. You have to see different skills on display as well. If you wanted to only see fours and sixes being hit, then we have T20 for that. Why do we need anything else?” Dravid requested.
“There are expertise on show on 350 wickets additionally. That’s fantastic on that exact day. But within the first few video games when it spins a bit of bit or one thing occurs that brings the bowlers into the sport, and you begin rating pitches as average, the place does it go away the bowlers? Why are they coming then? Play two T20 matches then.
“We need to have a better way of deciding what is good or average,” the Indian head coach additional added. Dravid was of the view that the standard of bowlers like Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner or Kuldeep Yadav on show are additionally expertise and the likes of Kane Williamson negotiating them or how Virat Kohli and KL Rahul batted in Chennai towards Australia too are expertise and never simply going after bowling the place it comes properly onto the bat.
Dravid stated that there can be various kinds of surfaces and whether or not it’s a belter, or one the place the ball turns or the one the place it appears, all are competent in their very own manner and require totally different expertise.
“I just want to see some variety,” Dravid stated. “There will be some good wickets and games that are high-scoring. And there will be other games where the ball turns, and others where it seams a little bit. You’ve got a long tournament, and you’re playing in India in different parts of the country. There will be different wickets and different challenges. Teams that are able to cope with all those challenges are the ones that will end up being successful,” he added.
Dravid remembered India’s sport towards South Africa within the final T20 World Cup in Perth the place 133 performed 137 and the goal was chased within the remaining over or the ultimate between Pakistan and England on the MCG the place 138 was chased with only one over left whereas making a comment that he does not bear in mind how these pitches had been rated however they accepted the problem and that is the way it needs to be.
