‘These kinds of surfaces are not good for Test cricket’: Matthew Hayden reacts on Indore pitch

IND vs AUS third Test: Having received the toss and batting first, India have had a horrific begin on Day 1 of the third Test in Indore. The hosts misplaced 5 for 45 after the Aussies launched spin bowling within the sixth over of the innings.

Reacting on the type of floor Indore has, former Australia opener and now commentator Matthew Hayden mentioned, “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. 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,” he added throughout his commentary obligation for Star Sports on Wednesday.

India misplaced Rohit Sharma within the sixth over when M Kuhnemann cleaned him up for simply 12 runs. Shubman Gill (21), who made it to the taking part in XI changing KL Rahul, departed quickly within the eighth over, Cheteshwar Pujara (1) within the ninth over, Ravindra Jadeja (4) within the eleventh over and Shreyas Iyer went again for a duck within the very subsequent over. Three of the 5 wickets have been bagged by Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon scalped two Indian batters up to now.