India head coach Rahul Dravid has said that it was natural for any team in the world to make pitches that produce results. Going into the final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India will need be aiming for victory in the final Test match to reach the final of the World Test Championship.
The match comes with the context of India being criticised for their pitch conditions in the series, which prompted ICC to take action after the third Test of the series. The third Test match at the Holkar Stadium finished in 2 days and a session, which prompted ICC to rate the pitch as ‘poor’ and hand the venue three demerit points.
“Everyone’s trying to produce wickets that eventually (produce) results in these games. That’s natural. You would be looking to produce wickets where the ball probably has a little more sway over the bat,” said Dravid ahead of the final Test match.
Australia captain Steve Smith revealed that India have prepared 2 wickets for the final Test match. Dravid confirmed the reports and said that why one was left uncovered and the other was under the rain sheets.
“I don’t know why two strips are covered,” Dravid said. “I never asked him why he covered the other one. But I don’t know what that was. We’re playing on this one, I have no idea about the other one,” Dravid said.
The final Test match at Ahmedabad will begin on 9 March and will have the Indian and Australian Prime Ministers in attendance.
