'Terrible': Legends furious over India 'mayhem'

The Indore curators are good and genuinely successful the weapon aft 7 wickets fell in the archetypal league of the 3rd match.

Australia opened with 2 accelerated bowlers but then turned to rotation successful the sixth over, and tweakers Matt Kuhnemann, Nathan Lyon, and Todd Murphy wreaked havoc.

A Lyon delivery, successful particular, pitched 2 feet wide of disconnected stump but past gripped and spun sharply, and stayed low, to rattle into the stumps of Cheteshwar Pujara.

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It was an unplayable transportation that near players and commentators stunned.

Matthew Hayden was highly captious of the transportation successful commentary, and his countryman Mark Waugh, Brendon Julian, and Brad Haddin each agreed.

Cheteshwar Pujara of India is bowled by Nathan Lyon of Australia during time 1 successful Indore, India. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) (Getty)

"That was mayhem," Waugh said connected Fox Cricket.

"The transportation is astir apt not up to Test standard, I deliberation it's just to accidental that.

"That's not bully enough. You request luck, nary substance however bully a subordinate of rotation you are."

Julian labelled it "terrible" and took purpose astatine the crushed staff.

"They person not prepared that (pitch) properly," Julian said.

During the luncheon break, Indian manager Rahul Dravid was seen having words with the curator.

Hayden - who averaged an awesome 51.35 successful India and was a subordinate of the past Australian squad to triumph a bid determination successful 2004 - was successful the commentary container during the archetypal league astatine Indore.

He was furious astatine however pugnacious the transportation made it for batters to marque traction.

"This is wherefore I've got a occupation with these conditions," Hayden said.

"There's nary mode successful the satellite that a rotation bowler should travel connected successful the sixth over, nary way.

"You've got to springiness the batters a chance, you're judging their performances successful Test lucifer cricket.

"It shouldn't beryllium keeping debased and turning a mile connected time one."

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