There’s unanimously agreement that the pitch was the biggest reason behind India’s defeat to South Africa in Kolkata. Well, everyone does not agree. India head coach Gautam Gambhir revealed after the match that the management had asked for the surface that caused India’s doom.
The pitch was built for disaster. It had invariable bounce and extreme spin. Cracks opened up earlier that anyone would expect. As a result, the Test match ended in 8 sessions with just 594 runs scored at an average of 15.63 per wicket.
But Gambhir didn’t seem to think that the pitch was ‘unplayable’. Instead, he felt that India didn’t play well enough. The batters didn’t pass the technique and temperament test.
In the aftermath of what was India’s 4th home Test defeat in last 6 matches, several has criticised the decision to prepare extremely bowling friendly pitch which diminishes the gulf of quality between India and the opposition.
Spin legend Anil Kumble was left confused by Gambhir’s comments. Sourav Ganguly, agreed with his former India teaamate and has adviced Gambhir to prepare pitches that help batsman score. Which in turn allows the quality Indian bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj to work their magic.
“Play on good wickets. I hope Gautam Gambhir is listening. He needs to take the wicket out of the game. Because if his batsmen are not putting up 350–400, he will not win Test matches. That’s the reason they won in England – because his batsmen put runs up on the board. He must play on good wickets. And trust his people. And win Test matches in 5 days. Not in 3 days,” Ganguly told NDTV.
“I have got a lot of time for him. A lot of regard. He is a competitor. He has done well for India as a coach. But he must play on good wickets. Because he has got Bumrah, he has got Siraj, he has got Shami, he has got Kuldeep, and he has got Jadeja,” he said.
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