Indian great slams Aussie cricket's 'hypocrisy'

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Indian cricket large Virender Sehwag has added to the chorus of disapproval blasting the Gabba transportation aft the archetypal Test betwixt Australia and South Africa was tally and won wrong 2 days.

The greenish apical successful Brisbane has been condemned aft 34 wickets fell successful little than six sessions, arsenic Australia went connected to triumph by six wickets.

With the match lasting less than 145 overs, it is the second-shortest Test ever to beryllium played Down Under.

In the aftermath of aggregate centuries and adjacent treble tons to Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith against the West Indies, Travis Head was the lone subordinate to get adjacent to triple figures successful Brisbane with his 92 runs from 96 balls successful the archetypal innings.

South African wicketkeeper and batter Kyle Verreynne was the lone different subordinate to sound implicit a half-century, reaching 64 runs from 96 balls successful the archetypal innings.

While the batting connected show was sub-par, the blasted rapidly shifted to the pitch.

In a scathing tweet, Sehwag accused cricket successful Australia of "hypocrisy" considering its inclination to find responsibility with the prime of India's pitches.

"142 overs and not adjacent lasting 2 days and they person the audacity to lecture connected what benignant of pitches are needed," helium said.

"Had it happened successful India, it would person been labelled extremity of Test cricket, ruining Test cricket and whatnot. The hypocrisy is mind-boggling."

Former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg besides condemned the greenish wicket connected Twitter, calling the lucifer "as speedy arsenic a backyard Test connected Christmas Day".

By the extremity of the 2nd time the transportation was showing constricted signs of deterioration.

Kerry O'Keeffe suggested the curators whitethorn person immoderate explaining to do.

"I consciousness the transportation is going to beryllium the back-page lead, I deliberation that's the story," helium said connected Fox Cricket.

"Was it a suitable transportation for these 2 powerhouses to spell astatine each other?"

South African large Shaun Pollock replied, "I would accidental no".

"You bash consciousness the curators got it somewhat wrong."

Mark Waugh said precocious successful the day, "the transportation is conscionable a small excessively juicy, isn't it?".

"I would person to accidental this transportation would get a below-average rating, unfortunately."

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However, erstwhile Australian skipper Mark Taylor advocated for much bowler-friendly wickets successful Test cricket's future.

"There's nary uncertainty the transportation had excessively overmuch successful it," helium told Wide World of Sports.

"You can't person a two-day Test and accidental that the transportation is simply a bully one, but I volition accidental that I bash similar the information that the groundsmen are leaving a spot much writer connected them.

"I deliberation Test lucifer cricket should beryllium much astir the bowlers, and it's overmuch much absorbing erstwhile they're successful the game. I don't similar scores of 500 versus 400, which we had excessively overmuch of for a mates of decades."

Because of the added writer connected the wicket, greenish pitches supply an perfect aboveground for accelerated bowlers, and implicit clip go suited to spinners.

On Friday, Proteas skipper Dean Elgar said the colour of the wicket successful Brisbane was not a concern.

"The greenish colour doesn't truly scare america - we travel from South Africa wherever the wickets are beauteous greenish and juicy," helium said.

Melbourne Cricket Club main enforcement Stuart Fox said that MCG curator, Matt Page, was putting unneurotic a much adjacent transportation for adjacent week's Boxing Day Test.

"Preparations are going good astatine the MCG up of the Boxing Day Test. The upwind is looking bully for the adjacent week, which volition proceed to assistance our preparations," Fox said.

"As always, we are aiming to hole a transportation that provides a bully equilibrium betwixt bat and ball."

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