Image Source : BCCI Rohit Sharma
India’s restricted overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday defended the much-criticised Chepauk pitch used for the second Test in opposition to England, saying creating beneficial tracks for house benefit is just not a brand new phenomena for a cricketing nation.
The Chepauk pitch got here underneath the scanner for the vicious flip it provided from day one, with the likes of Michael Vaughan and Mark Waugh criticising the groundsmen for producing what they known as a “minefield”.
But Rohit disagreed.
“…The pitch is the same for both the teams, so I don’t know why this topic is raised every time. Both the teams play on the same pitch. People say pitches shouldn’t be like this or that but for years Indian pitches are made like this only,” Rohit mentioned throughout a digital press convention forward of the third Test.
“I don’t think there needs to be any changes. Every team takes advantage of their home conditions.”
India hammered England by 317 runs to stage the sequence 1-1.
“When we exit different international locations do not take into consideration us, so why ought to we take into consideration others. We ought to make pitches in keeping with the choice of our group. This is what it means house and away benefit, in any other case this must be taken out. Tell ICC to make a rule that pitches must be ready the identical all over the place.
“When we go outside our opponents too make our life difficult. So I don’t think we should talk much about pitches. We should talk about the game, the players,” he added.
Rohit, who hit a blinding 161 within the second Test in Chennai, mentioned he hardly bothers about sort of pitches whereas batting.
“I don’t think much about pithes. If you think too much about it, the pitch won’t change. So the focus should be on how to play on the given pitch, what technique is needed.”
“We need to prepare our mind according to the pitch,” he mentioned.
Rohit expects a Chepauk sort of wicket on the newly-built Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium right here through the pink ball Test.
“I don’t see anything changing in the pitch from what we played in the second Test. It’s more or less going to be on the same page. It’s going to be turning as well and we are preparing according to that,” he mentioned.
The four-match Test sequence between India and England is at the moment tied at 1-1. The third Test begins right here on Wednesday.