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IND vs AUS: Under fire for poor pitches, Rahul Dravid defends Indore pitch with WTC Final at stake, says ‘WTC points at stake, you tend to play on wickets that produce results’: Check Out
While India lead Australia 2-1 in the four-Test series, the “poor” rating of Indore track by ICC match referee Chris Broad has once again raised questions about playing on rank turners, where all the games finished inside three days.
“I won’t go too much into it. Match referee is entitled to share his opinion. Doesn’t really matter if I agree with his reading or not. Doesn’t matter what I think. But sometimes with WTC points at stake, you tend to play on wickets that produce results,” Dravid was straightforward in his defence of the three tracks in Nagpur, Delhi and Indore.
However, he didn’t forget to mention that data analysis of tracks prepared by home teams in last few years has shown that the 22-yard strips in most places have been challenging. “It can happen, not only in India but across the world if you see, sometimes it is difficult to get that balance perfectly right for everyone and that can happen not only here but in other places as well,” the man with 164 Test matches under his belt said.
“There is a huge premium on results and if you draw a game like we did in Kanpur versus New Zealand, that sets you back in a home game. When you have 12 for a win and 4 for draw, you want to get a win ahead of a draw,” he stated.
