When each and every Indian player comes forward and defends the pitch, this itself proves that the pitch was not upto Test match standards. No matter how much talking Indian cricketers or BCCI does, facts don't change. These pitches cannot last for 5 days. I, as a spectator and a Test cricket fanatic feel that I have been robbed of a worthy contest between 2 highly skilled set of players. I am no longer looking forward to the 4th test. Pity on BCCI that it thinks its players are incapable of playing and winning on meaningful pitches (pitches which have something for all 3 - batsmen, pacers and spinners)! So it has to resort to these tactics.
