Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) President Abhilash Khandekar on Friday mentioned that the Holkar Stadium pitch used for the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has given the end result and that the pitch was made as per the directions of the curators of the Board of Cricket in India (BCCI). His feedback got here after the Indore pitch was given a rating of “poor” by the ICC.
Following the report submitted by ICC Match Referee Chris Broad after session with each Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith, the Holkar Stadium acquired three demerit factors. According to the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, “a venue will be suspended from hosting any international cricket for a period of 12 months if it accumulates five or more demerit points over a five-year rolling period.”
In the third Test, India suffered an embarrassing loss by 9 wickets on the pitch that was useful to spinners however proved to be deadly for the batters.
“I’ve come to know that this pitch has been declared poor by the ICC. However, I have not seen the small print of the ICC rating on the pitch. But I’ve to say that this pitch has given the end result of the Test match,” Khandekar advised PTI.
Khandekar mentioned that the pitch at the Holkar Stadium was prepared as per the guidelines of the pitch curators of the BCCI, who visited the Holkar Stadium about eight days earlier than the match and inspected the bottom.
According to sources, two BCCI curators – Ashish Bhowmik and Tapas Chatterjee had inspected the stadium forward of the India-Australia Test. The Holkar Stadium has each black and crimson clay pitches, but it surely was determined to make use of the black clay pitch for the India-Australia Test.
According to specialists, often, the cricket ball takes much less spin and bounces on the black soil pitch than the crimson soil pitch, however the pace of the ball additionally is determined by the situation of the grass on the pitch. In most of the matches held at MPCA’s Holkar Stadium within the final 17 years, its pitch has proved to be very useful for the batsmen in most of matches, therefore this floor has been referred to as “Batsmen’s Paradise”.
The hosts have been bowled out for 163 of their second innings, leaving Australia with a goal of simply 76 runs. Both groups will face one another once more within the fourth Test beginning on March 9 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
(Inputs from PTI)
