IND vs AUS: Sent home, Mark Waugh slams Ahmedabad pitch curator for mind games, says 'Something needs to be done', Check WHY?

IND vs AUS: A few weeks ago, Former Australia captain Mark Waugh made a headline with a commentary controversy alongside Dinesh Karthik. Now Waugh has slammed the pitch used in Ahmedabad for the fourth Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Waugh also slammed the curators for waiting till the last moment to finalise the deck on which the Test match will be played and said that something needs to be done about it. Follow India vs Australia LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.

Mark Waugh slams Ahmedabad pitch curator for mind games.
Waugh drew a contrast between pitch preparation in India and Australia.
He takes a jibe at the curator for not finalizing the deck until the last moment.
Brad Haddin said that India prepared the pitch to aid their WTC final chances.

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IND vs AUS: Sent home after Commentary controversy with Dinesh Karthik, Ex-Australia captain Mark Waugh slams Ahmedabad pitch curator for mind games, says ‘Something needs to be done’ – Check out

Former Australia great Mark Waugh revealed that he was baffled to know that the pitch curator had not decided which track would be used to play for the final Test match. He takes a jibe at the pitch and curator and said that he doesn’t know what’s going on there but something needs to be done about it.

Waugh said, “This is not on. I don’t know how you don’t know what pitch you’re playing on. In Australia, I think the groundsman and curators are told months in advance, so they set up the pitch for the camera, the side-screen, the spectators. But in India, it’s different. I don’t know what’s going on here but I think something needs to be done about this.”

“It’s a bit like county cricket. You used to turn up to county grounds and there would be three pitches prepared depending on who turned up for the opposition side, then they would decide. I don’t know what’s going on here but I think something needs to be done about this,” added Waugh.

IND vs AUS: Sent home after Commentary controversy with Dinesh Karthik, Ex-Australia captain Mark Waugh slams Ahmedabad pitch curator for mind games, says ‘Something needs to be done’ – Check out

For the series decider, two pitches were prepared, with both having a tinge of green on them. These pitches have a different surface as it was in Nagpur, Delhi, and Indore. However, the decision as to which pitch would host the contest wasn’t decided until the last evening. The move caught stand-in captain Steve Smith by surprise, with Waugh later expressing his displeasure with such tactics.

India won the first two Tests matches of the series by preparing rank-turner pitches. They prepared a rank turner in Indore as well but the ploy backfired and India lost the match by 9 wickets. Australia spinners Nathan Lyon and Matthew Kuhnemann, both grabbed a five-wicket haul each in that match.

Brad Haddin, former Australia wicketkeeper pointed out Rohit Sharma’s statements after India’s win in Delhi, and underlines how India were a victim of their own complacency. Haddin said that the Kangaroo’s win in the third Test forced India to think about the pitch they wanted in Ahmedabad.

Meanwhile, Australia has qualified for the World Test Championship Final for the first time. On the other hand, India need to win the final Test match against Australia to smoothly qualify for the WTC, or else they would depend on SriLanka vs NewZealand series. The WTC finals is scheduled to be played at the Oval on June 8.