When South Africa came to Wankehede in Mumbai for the 5th & Final ODI - The Pitch Curator Mr. Sudhir Naik prepared a Belter of a Batting Track and South Africa amassed 438 Runs and Slapped India with a 214 Run Defeat and Won the ODI Series convincingly.
This Massive defeat and Humiliation had enraged Ravi Shastri to the hilt and he had a verbal (possibly Physical) spat with The Pitch Curator Mr. Sudhir Naik and later the matter was hushed to prevent further damage.
I had also heard him in one of the Post match sessions earlier - Where he had said - "Why should India give a Red Carpet welcome to Foreign teams that come to play cricket in India with Batting wickets?"
M S Dhoni also had advocated Turning pitches which Turn Square from Ball One - And everyone saw Indian Spinners Bowl and Open The Bowling attack with Spin !!
The exception was however The England team which came to India and beat India in 2012 by a 2-1 margin, as they had done their homework and had Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar to counter Indian spinning pitches.
Since India and BCCI were unable to Digest the fact that South Africa was a Far more Talented and Superior side in all Departments, they were Frustrated after losing The T20 and ODI Series, India also knew South Africa had a Very Good Test Series Record and Desperately wanted to break their Winning streak, so that Virat Kohli would not Lose his First Test Series Win in India.
So Ravi Shastri & BCCI decided to give South Africa a Hammering in The Test Series - Save Imran Tahir, South Africa did not have a Big spinner in their ranks. And South Africans were vulnerable to Spin from the past. Barring AB De Villiers, none of The South African Batsmen were at ease playing spin.
Indian Batsmen still managed to Succumb to South African Spinners as they are also Not The Best Players of Spin around.
This Cowardly and Ungentlemanly Behaivour by BCCI & Director Ravi Shastri proves that Indian Cricket lacks Courage and are Born cowards who are Tigers at Home, but Lambs abroad (Ravi Shastri had recently thrown a Lavish party for an Indian team which Drew a One Off Test Match with Bangladesh in 2015 - This shows Indian team's Pedigree outside India). Indian Cricket is at its Lowest ebb and this is The Cheapest and Dirtiest Trick BCCI could have played to save Embarassment of Losing The Test Series to South Africa.
They are doing a Big Disservice to The Game of Cricket and Bringing the Spirit of Cricket to Disrepute - Shame on BCCI which has no conscience or Sense of Justice or Value for Truth and fairness.
If Team India and BCCI really had Nerves, Skill, Temperament and Technique - They need to Beat Australia, South Africa, England and New Zealand on their wickets with 3 Spinners and 1 Fast bowlers.
This Series proves we can Win only in 4 Countries inside Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladeshi wickets which are more or less similar in behaviour.
The moment we go out of Batting and Spin comfort zone India lose heavily.
Gavaskar should be more gracious to the batsmen - for all of them saw and experienced demons on the pitch. He should not utter such silly statements which absolutely no-one believes. Embarassing
Re: pitch demon
by pravin sarode on Nov 27, 2015 09:34 PM
highest score is 40 this pitch sir Saturday and sunday are spared for NAGPUR sight seeing and shopping? credit goes to bowlers for SPIN 1/2 AND -1/2
