Sunil Gavaskar lambasts ICC for rating Indore pitch ‘poor’, asks how many demerit points were awarded to Gabba

Asking
how
many
demerit
points
were
awarded
to
the
Gabba
pitch
when
Australia
defeated
South
Africa
in
a
Test
within
two
days,
Gavaskar
lashed
out
at
the
ICC.

Gavaskar
attacks
ICC

In
an
interaction
with
India
Today
on
Friday
(March
3),
the
former
India
captain
said,
“One
thing
I
would
like
to
know,
there
was
this
Test
match
in
November
in
Brisbane
Gabba,
where
the
match
finished
in
2
days.
How
many
demerit
points
did
that
pitch
get
and
who
was
the
match
referee
there.”

ICC
match
referee’s
statement

IND
vs
AUS:
Harbhajan
Singh
launches
attack
on
Indore
Pitch
after
India’s
loss

Rating
the
Indore
pitch
as
poor,
ICC
match
referee
Chris
Broad
claimed
that
it
was
favouring
spinners
from
the
start
and
didn’t
provide
fair
competition
between
the
bat
and
the
ball.
Australia
ended
up
winning
the
game
by
9
wickets.

IND
vs
AUS:
ICC
deems
Indore
pitch
‘poor’
after
India
slump
to
defeat
within
three
days

“The
pitch,
which
was
very
dry,
did
not
provide
a
balance
between
bat
and
ball,
favouring
spinners
from
the
start.
The
fifth
ball
of
the
match
broke
through
the
pitch
surface
and
continued
to
occasionally
break
the
surface
providing
little
or
no
seam
movement
and
there
was
excessive
and
uneven
bounce
throughout
the
match,”
Broad
said.

India
vs
Australia:
Why
Rohit
Sharma-led
side
badly
missed
Rishabh
Pant
in
Indore
Test

Meanwhile,
the
Brisbane
track
on
which
Australia
beat
South
Africa
by
6
wickets
was
given
a
‘below-average’
rating
with
just
one
demerit
point.

“Overall,
the
Gabba
pitch
for
this
Test
match
was
too
much
in
favour
of
the
bowlers.
There
was
extra
bounce
and
occasional
excessive
seam
movement.
The
odd
delivery
also
kept
low
on
the
second
day,
making
it
very
difficult
for
batters
to
build
partnerships,” the
ICC
report
read.

Meanwhile,
India
captain
Rohit
Sharma
downplayed
the
constant
talk
around
pitches
after
every
match
and
said
that
he
would
rather
be
interested
in
talking
about
Nathan
Lyon
or
the
performances
of
batters
like
Cheteshwar
Pujara
and
Usman
Khawaja
in
the
match.

“This
pitch
talk
is
getting
too
much.
Every
time
we
play
in
India,
the
focus
is
only
on
the
pitch.
Why
are
people
not
asking
me
about
Nathan
Lyon
and
how
well
he
bowled?
Or,
how
well
Pujara
batted
in
the
second
innings?
Or,
how
well
Usman
Khawaja
played?
Those
are
the
things
I
can
give
you
details
on,
but
not
on
the
pitch
because
it
is
absolutely
not
necessary,”
he
said.