Pitch controversy News
Cricket World Cup 2023: Pat Cummins played down on the ongoing pitch controversy by saying 'it's same for both teams'.
The players themselves don't seem overly bothered by the entire affair, despite worries being expressed about if the Ahmedabad pitch will experience a similar circumstance but the pitch conditions are trending for quite a while now.
The President of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA), Abhay Apte, on Wednesday said that the association will conduct a detailed inquiry into Pune curator Pandurang Salgaonlar's claims that he could tamper with the pitch ahead of the second ODI between India and New Zealand.
Curator Pandurang Salgaonkar was caught on video by India Today revealing information about the nature of the wicket and promising to alter it per bookies' demands ahead of the second ODI between India and New Zealand on Wednesday.
In a sting operation by India Today reporters, Pandurang Salgaonkar, pitch curator of the MCA Stadium in Pune, is seen on camera promising to prepare the pitch according to bookies' demands.
In the recently concluded Freedom series, hosts India received flak for making rank turners.
The ICC had termed the pitch at Nagpur, where the third Test of the series was played as 'poor'.
Anurag Thakur said there were no problems with the pitches.
On a track that offered turn from day one, the Indian spinners claimed all 20 South African wickets in Nagpur.
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