India’s T20 vice-captain Suryakumar Yadav on Tuesday played down the Ekana
Stadium pitch controversy, saying the wicket doesn’t matter a lot and they
are “fine” with any type of surfaces. India skipper Hardik Pandya had
termed the Ekana pitch a “shocker” after a tense 100-run chase, which was
achieved in the penultimate delivery of the match. The curator was blamed
for the fiasco and had been sacked.”We (Hardik and I) had a chat later on, and it was like, whatever we got in
future we will go with it. It’s completely fine,” Surya said on the eve of
the series-decider at Motera.
Stadium pitch controversy, saying the wicket doesn’t matter a lot and they
are “fine” with any type of surfaces. India skipper Hardik Pandya had
termed the Ekana pitch a “shocker” after a tense 100-run chase, which was
achieved in the penultimate delivery of the match. The curator was blamed
for the fiasco and had been sacked.”We (Hardik and I) had a chat later on, and it was like, whatever we got in
future we will go with it. It’s completely fine,” Surya said on the eve of
the series-decider at Motera.
“It doesn’t matter what soil you play on. These are the things which aren’t
in your control. We did what we had in our control, we had to adapt, apply
on that ground and move on with the situation. But it was an exciting game.
“Any game, ODI or T20I, low or high scoring, if there’s competition in the
game, wickets, I don’t think, matter a lot. You go out there, have a
challenge, accept it and move on,” Surya added.
In tricky conditions, New Zealand had reduced India to 83/7 and the hosts
needed 17 runs from the last two overs, with Surya and Hardik in the
middle.
