IND vs AUS: India captain Rohit Sharma defends Indore pitch after dropping third Take a look at in opposition to Australia

The Australia tour of India 2023 has been filled with controversies, with the Aussie media and followers criticizing India for the untimely conclusion of Checks on account of sure sorts of pitches initially of their go to. One thing related occurred but once more at Indore’s Holkar cricket stadium on March 3 because the third Take a look at of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023 led to simply three days. However this time, it was additionally the Indian supporters and veteran cricketers who expressed their disappointment with the pitch.

After thrashing Australia within the Nagpur and Delhi Checks, India confronted a serious setback in Indore and tasted a nine-wicket defeat by the hands of holiday makers within the third Take a look at of the BGT 2023 on Friday, March 3. Whereas many questioned and blamed the character of the pitch in Indore for India’s defeat, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma backed the observe and stated that he has no drawback with such pitches.

“Truthfully talking, these are the form of pitches we wish to play on. We wish to play to our energy, and that energy is spin bowling and that batting depth. And everybody makes use of that benefit exterior [India], so what’s mistaken in that? We’ve bought to try this as effectively, particularly once we’re getting outcomes. If we weren’t getting the outcomes, I’d suppose in any other case, however I believe we’re enjoying effectively, we’re getting the outcomes that we would like,” stated Rohit within the post-match presentation.

Rohit additional spoke concerning the Take a look at matches ending in lower than 5 days and stated his focus stays on profitable video games as an alternative.

“We’re right here to win – whether or not it’s two days or 5 days, it doesn’t actually matter. We don’t wish to put together a pitch the place the outcomes usually are not coming. We’re right here to win, and we wish to play to win, each sport that we play. After I say that, I do perceive that it might come and hang-out us as effectively, I’m very a lot conscious of that, however so be it,” added the India captain.