Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has backed the idea of giving curators freedom to prepare pitches. Furthermore, he criticized players and administrators who demanded certain types of pitches. Chappell’s comments came after the first day of the third Test between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium, Indore.
Chappell’s comment came after the end of the first day’s play of the third Test between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. The Indian team was piled on just 109 runs on Wednesday. On the same pitch, Australia managed to reach 156/4 at stumps and ended the first day with a 47-run lead.
Chappell told ESPNcricinfo, “Should the players and administrators tell the curator how to prepare the pitch and what kind of pitch they want? That’s the biggest nonsense ever.”
According to Chappell, the pitch is the curator’s domain and no one should interfere in it and make unjust demands.
“The pitch should be left to the curator. The curator makes what he thinks is a good pitch, and then you as the player go ahead and play on it. Once you’ve got the administrators and the cricketers to tell the people They give what they think the pitch should be like.” , then you’re asking for trouble,” he said.
Chappell said pitch curators were not being given the freedom to prepare balanced pitches.
“I don’t think there’s any curator alive who can honestly say to you, ‘Look, I’m going to prepare a pitch like this’ because things can go wrong very easily.”
“If someone says we want you to produce a turner, there is every chance that it will turn out poorly because as I say, nobody can really predict – unless they have a Not trying to design a nice surface that suits everyone – then I think you are taking too much risk.
He said, “Any player or administrator who goes to the curator and asks about a certain type of pitch should be asked to go and jump in the lake.”
The venue of the third Test was shifted from Dharamshala to Indore. The reason behind the change of venue was that the stadium was not suitable to host international cricket after its recent renovation.
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