MCA Curator Blames BCCI Panel For Pune Pitch Debacle

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After India’s humiliating loss in the first test match against Australia in Pune, the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium curator Pandurang Salgaonkar blamed BCCI pitch panel for the crumbling wicket.

“BCCI pitch panel changed the wicket we prepared a day before the match. We prepare a good test wicket and left grass on it, but a day before the match BCCI’s chief curator Daljeet Singh asked us to remove the grass which deteriorated it,” said Salgaonkar.

Senior cricketer Harbhajan Singh also lashed out on the pitch as he said that it was not a test match pitch.

“That was not a test match pitch and test cricket should last five days. You can’t play on the wickets where anyone can bowl and take wickets,” said Harbhajan.

ICC has also pulled up BCCI as the match referee's report in which he has criticised the pitch used for Pune test match.

BCCI has been 14 days to respond on the issue.

Notably, India were unable to score even 110 in any of the two innings as they were bowled out twice within three days in Pune and lost by 333 runs.

Australian spinner Steve O’keefe, who hadn’t even took a four-wicket haul before the Pune test match, went on to take 12 wickets in the match with 6 wickets in each innings. The loss also halted India’s unbeaten19-test run.

The spin assisting pitches have been the talking point whenever a team travels to India, as to give the home team an advantage, sometimes wicket are being tailor-made, however, the move has backfired this time.

In November 2015, Nagpur pitch also received much criticism during the test match between India and South Africa which lasted only three days; after which the ICC had fined the BCCI.

The Nagpur test was later described as “diabolical” by former English captain Michael Vaughan and his sentiments were echoed by many cricketers on the internet.

 

http://www.timesnow.tv/sports/video/india-vs-australia-mca-curator-blames-bcci-panel-for-pune-pitch-debacle /56776

[speedheat]

So countdown begins for bcci panel

[flat_wicket_bully]

I read somewhere that it wasnt watered for days. The person responsible for this should really be axed

[TheWall]

Its drought... no water....

[Texy]

Drought no problem. Could have "water" it in other ways

[Vilander]

1 hour ago, Texy said:

Drought no problem. Could have "water" it in other ways

True you need only hire this fella.

 

 

[cowboysfan]

On 3/2/2017 at 1:26 AM, atishvaze said:

I read somewhere that it wasnt watered for days. The person responsible for this should really be AXED

Literally.