IND vs AUS Melbourne Practice Pitch Controversy: Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is still tied at 1-1 after three matches. In such a situation, the fourth test match is going to be very special for both the teams. Which is to be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground from 26 December to 30 December. For which the Indian team is doing a lot of net practice in Melbourne. During this practice, a controversy has arisen regarding the practice pitch. Indian players raised questions about the quality of the pitch, while Melbourne Cricket Ground curator Matt Page called it a normal procedure.
Matt Page said that new pitches are prepared three days before the Test, and the teams that practice before that are given old pitches only. He said on December 23, “If the Indian team had practiced this morning (Monday), they would have got new pitches. This is our standard procedure.”
Complaints of Indian players
The Indian team practiced vigorously for two days, after which it took a break on Monday. During practice on the second day, captain Rohit Sharma got injured on his left knee during a throwdown, although his injury was not serious. Fast bowler Akashdeep also expressed dissatisfaction with the pitch during practice. He said, “Many times the ball was staying low. This pitch looked like white ball cricket.”
Was the schedule not taken care of?
The schedule of the Indian team was shared only two months ago. When Matt Page was asked if the schedule could not be worked out, he replied, “The schedule was given and it was discussed between Cricket Australia and the Indian board. But I am not familiar with the depth of it.” I am not.”
India-Australia teams for the fourth and fifth test
- India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Tanush Kotian.
- Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Travis Head (vice-captain), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith (vice-captain), Mitchell Starc. , Beau Webster.
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