India vs England 2021: Team England unsatisfied with Ahmedabad’s track, likely to lodge complaint about pitch- Reports
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The visiting Team England seemed highly uninitiated with the umpires calls on Day 1 and now seem to contemplate registering a complaint of the pitch at the newly built Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Team India had won the pink-ball day-night Test between the two sides, where the match was wrapped up just on Day 2 as India won the match by ten wickets.
The turning track was so deceptive that a barrage of 17 wickets fell on the second day, and it was a below-the-belt performance from the quality batsmen from both sides, barring Rohit Sharma (India) and Zak Crawley. The Joe Root and co. feel they have been robbed at the poor surface.
‘We will be talking about certain things behind the scenes,’ Silverwood said
England Head Coach Chris Silverwood and captain Joe Root, who spoke to the ICC match referee, Javagal Srinath, on day one about possible inconsistency from the third umpire, have also brought the poor-pitch condition to the referee’s notice.
“We will be talking about certain things behind the scenes,” Silverwood said. “At the same time, we are disappointed that we are sat here when there should be three days of cricket left. I am sure a few spectators are as well.
“We’ve spoken to Javagal Srinath but not about the pitch. Joe and I have to have a sit-down, have a conversation and see where we go with it.
“We do have to get better on these pitches and we do have to accept there’s places where we could have improved. Look at the first innings [collapse from 74 for two to 112 all out]. We had an opportunity there to score more runs and next time we’ll pounce on that. And whatever the pitch did or didn’t do, India ultimately played better than us on that surface. But it probably pushed us to the extremes of what most of our players, if any, have experienced.”
Silverwood recollected of how Team India struggled with the bat on day two, when Root’s five wicket-haul bundled Team India for 145, who earlier looked promising at 99 for three
With Team India’s win, the series has gone 2-1 in India’s favor. The win has kept India in the World Test Championship contention while Team England is now out of it.
The two sides will lock horns at the fourth Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, but with the red SG ball this time. This would be a decided as to whether the series would tie 2-2, or go 3-1 in Team India’s favour.
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