‘The pitch was not up to test standard’ – Mark Waugh lays into Indore pitch after dramatic first day

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The opening day of the third Check between Australia and India in Indore noticed a complete of 14 wickets fall on a rank turner. Whereas Australia are in a commanding place after the top of the day’s play, former Australian batsman Mark Waugh didn’t maintain again in his evaluation of the pitch.

Rohit Sharma led the Indians group and batted first within the contest after profitable the toss and had been fortunate to not lose their skipper within the very first over of the match. Nevertheless, the introduction of spin turned the tide for the vacationers as Matthew Kuhnemann despatched the Indian openers packing in successive overs.

But it surely was Cheteshwar Pujara’s dismissal by Nathan Lyon’s sharp turning supply that made the viewers query the character of the floor. Mark Waugh felt the pitch was not adequate for a Check match because the ball was turning sq. from the primary session of the sport.

“It was mayhem. The pitch was lower than Check commonplace, I believe that is a good factor to say. Balls going by the highest (layer) within the first 20 minutes of a Check match, that is not adequate,” Mark Waugh advised To put in Fox Sports activities.

They’ve in all probability discovered some classes from these first two Check matches: Waugh

After bundling out the house aspect for a paltry 109 runs on the board, the Australians made a strong begin to their reply regardless of dropping Travis Head cheaply. Usman Khawaja’s well-compiled half-century in robust batting situations propelled Australia to a robust place earlier than the guests misplaced three fast wickets.

Waugh praised the batting efforts of his compatriots, who trusted their protection and performed with a straight bat as a substitute of attempting funky sweep photographs which led to their demise within the Delhi Check.

“They’ve performed very straight, they’ve hardly performed a sweep shot. Good, good batting as they’ve in all probability discovered some classes from these first two Check matches,” Waugh added.

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