Gautam Gambhir vs Sunil Gavaskar on Sydney Pitch IND vs AUS: The Indian team was out of the final of the World Test Championship (Team India Out from WTC Final) with a six-wicket defeat in the fifth and final Test, while Australia, with this win, clinched the WTC Final after 10 years by winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1. Made it to the finals. Meanwhile, after India’s defeat, great batsman Sunil Gavaskar admitted that the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch was ‘not ideal’ for a Test match, but India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir praised the wicket, calling it ‘bowling-friendly’ and Described as ‘result-giving’ which had something for everyone. 26 wickets fell in the first two days of the match while on the third day four Indian and three Australian batsmen were dismissed. The bowlers maintained their dominance over the match for most of the time.
Gambhir said about Sydney pitch
“These were some great wickets,” Gambhir said during the press conference after India’s defeat in the fifth Test. This is also good for test cricket. There was enough for the bowlers and there was enough for the batsmen too. But this is the thing that will keep Test cricket alive. And it was not a normal Sydney wicket that we usually see or that we have seen before. But then Test cricket should be played like this. A wicket that gives results. I know there is a lot of talk about turning wickets when we play at home but this was probably as helpful as we get at home.
Gavaskar said about Sydney pitch
Earlier, Gavaskar had criticized the SCG wicket during the final session on Saturday. Gavaskar said on ‘ABC Sports’, “When I saw the pitch, I said that cows could graze on it. This is not an ideal Test match pitch because you want the match to go on till the fourth or fifth day. Unless it rains, I don’t think we will be here on the fourth day.” Gavaskar said that if a similar wicket was made available in India, the cricketers of Australia and England would have criticized it.
“Everyone targeted him,” he said. Various comments were made about ‘Is this a good pitch?’ Gavaskar said, ‘Even the former players who had played on this pitch before were surprised. Glenn McGrath said that he had never seen so much grass on the pitch before. The point is that when you go abroad. So you have to be prepared to play on this kind of surface.
Gavaskar, 75, also criticized former players for complaining about difficult Indian pitches. Gavaskar said, “In the last few years, have you ever heard any former Indian cricketer complaining about the conditions? They accept that this is what it means to play abroad.
“We are not complainers, we do not complain,” he said. When we go (overseas) and play cricket we work hard and if we lose, we lose. We understand that it is very difficult to beat the home team abroad. You will never find us complaining. But in India, 15 wickets falling in a day would be hell.
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