Bizarre sight meets Aussies after pitch furore

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Indian curators look to beryllium hedging their bets to debar immoderate much furore implicit the wickets utilized successful the Test bid against Australia.

Either that, oregon the Ahmedabad groundsmen are waiting to spot the respective line-ups earlier settling connected the benignant of transportation to usage connected Thursday.

Eagle-eyed journalists connected Tuesday noticed 2 abstracted pitches were being prepared astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium conscionable 2 days retired from the commencement of the 4th - and last - Test.

It was an intriguing sight, fixed the absorption truthful acold passim the bid connected the playing surfaces presented.

None of the 3 Tests to day person made it to a 4th day. The Indore transportation was rated "poor" by the ICC aft the Aussies won successful small much than 2 days.

In Nagpur up of the archetypal match, curators were seen tending to immoderate areas of the transportation otherwise to others, supposedly successful an effort to hamper Australia's left-handed batters.

The Indore particulate vessel backfired severely connected the hosts, who were rolled for 109 aft winning the flip and choosing to bat.

Australia brought the rotation bowlers connected successful the sixth implicit and they had a tract day, with the shot turning and keeping debased to harass the Indian batters.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma deed retired astatine the disapproval implicit pitches pursuing that match.

Off-spinner Todd Murphy is keen to play connected Narendra Modi Stadium, nary substance which transportation is chosen.

The monolithic venue tin clasp 130,000 fans, and volition play big to Indian premier curate Modi and Australian premier curate Anthony Albanese during this Test.

"We conscionable got present present and this is huge, it's a just mode from home," Murphy told media connected Tuesday.

"It's impressive, it's big, a agelong locomotion down from the alteration rooms.

"It's going to beryllium noisy, it's breathtaking though. I deliberation everyone benignant of looks guardant to opportunities to play successful beforehand of those sorts of crowds."

The 4th Test begins connected Thursday astatine 3pm (AEDT).

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