The opening Test between India and Australia in Nagpur ended well within 3
days after the Indian team bowled the tourists out twice, while only
batting once themselves. Despite suffering a defeat by innings and 132
runs, Australia decided to hold their head up and train on the ‘tricky’
Nagpur pitch. But their hopes of understanding the spin-friendly surface
ahead of the second Test in Delhi didn’t materialise as the ground staff
had reportedly watered the pitch.As per a report in Fox Cricket, Australia had asked the pitch to be kept as
is so that the tourists could put in some more practice and be better
prepared for the 2nd match of the series.
days after the Indian team bowled the tourists out twice, while only
batting once themselves. Despite suffering a defeat by innings and 132
runs, Australia decided to hold their head up and train on the ‘tricky’
Nagpur pitch. But their hopes of understanding the spin-friendly surface
ahead of the second Test in Delhi didn’t materialise as the ground staff
had reportedly watered the pitch.As per a report in Fox Cricket, Australia had asked the pitch to be kept as
is so that the tourists could put in some more practice and be better
prepared for the 2nd match of the series.
Australia had reportedly asked staff to leave the center wicket and
training pitches as they were so that the tourists could practice on Sunday
afternoon. However, they were informed that the pitches had already been
watered on Saturday night.
Australian coach Andrew McDonald, as per fox cricket, told SEN that the
extra session was an attempt for the players to understand the wicket more.
