Image Source : INSTAGRAM-MICHAEL VAUGHAN/GETTYIMAGES Michael Vaughan
The debate over the Motera pitch has intensified following India’s two-day end within the third Test in opposition to England. The spin duo of Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin orchestrated India’s emphatic win in Ahmedabad because the England aspect folded for 81 in its second innings.
The final time India gained inside two days in a Test was in 2018, beating Afghanistan in Bengaluru. England’s earlier Test loss inside two days got here again in 1921 in opposition to Australia.
The wicket at Motera got here underneath scrutiny after England managed to notch up simply 112 and 81 within the two innings. While some former cricketers together with Sunil Gavaskar defended the floor, many gamers together with ex-England skipper Michael Vaughan blasted the standard of the pitch.
Vaughan even questioned the ICC for permitting India to get away with such surfaces on provide. He even termed it as a ‘shallow’ victory for India.
“The longer powerful countries like India are allowed to get away with it the more toothless the ICC will look,” Vaughan wrote within the Daily Telegraph.
“The governing body are allowing India to produce whatever they wish and it is Test cricket that is getting hurt. India won the third Test but it was a shallow victory. In fact, there was no winner from that game at all,” he wrote whereas expressing his displeasure with the BCCI.
Vaughan continued to query the wicket’s high quality as he shared a hilarious image on Saturday, poking enjoyable on the pitch preparation forward of the fourth Test. “I can report that preparations for the 4th Test are going great … The Curator is expecting movement early, good carry & might spin on day 5 !!!” he wrote.
The fourth and remaining Test between India and England is scheduled to begin from March 4 in Ahmedabad. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who bowled simply six overs within the third Test, has been launched from India’s squad due to ‘private causes’.
