Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden slammed the pitch at Holkar Stadium in Indore getting used for the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test, saying that pitches like them are usually not appropriate for enjoying the longest format of the sport. After India gained the toss and elected to bat first on a dry pitch, frenetic play adopted, the place each ball was actually an occasion because the ball turned large aside from variable bounce coming into play, because the hosts’ misplaced half of their aspect at 45 and finally misplaced two extra by the point lunch arrived. India have been bowled out for 109 after lunch.
“No way spinners should come to bowl in the sixth over. This is the reason I don’t like these kinds of surfaces. It shouldn’t be keeping this low and turning so much on Day 1. It doesn`t matter whether Australia wins this Test or India,” Hayden mentioned on air on Wednesday (March 1).
“These kinds of surfaces are not good for Test cricket. You are allowed to have a four-five days Test match. At this pace I feel sorry for the fans, I don’t think this Test will go for Day 4,” mentioned Hayden whereas on commentary duties throughout the first session on day one.
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Hosting the third Test in Indore occurred solely after the unique venue at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala was deemed unfit to host the Test match. In the primary session of the primary Test in Nagpur, the ball turned 2.5 levels for the spinners on a median, whereas it was 3.8 levels in New Delhi. But at Indore, it turned a whopping 4.8 levels.
“This is why I’ve got a problem with these conditions. There’s no way in the world that a spin bowler should come on in the sixth over. 4.8 degrees, that’s massive turn. That’s the sort of turn you’d expect day three,” Hayden added.
“You’ve bought to provide batters an opportunity… Day one, day two needs to be about batting. It shouldn’t be a spin bowler’s paradise essentially, it shouldn’t be retaining low and turning a mile on day one.
“The game shouldn’t be moving forward this quickly. You’re allowed to have a four or five day Test match! Otherwise just call it as it is, we’ll just play three-dayers,” the previous Australia opener felt.
