India’s expectations of coming out on top for a third World Cup championship and finishing a 12-year dry spell for an ICC prize reached a manageable conclusion last week as Australia crushed the Rohit Sharma-drove side by six wickets in the last. India’s predominance all through the competition, where they dominated 10 matches on the run, remembering a 70-run prevail upon New Zealand for the semi-last, reached a conclusion in the last, because of splendid bowling and handling takes advantage of from the Australians.
India’s street to the World Cup last was likewise eclipsed by a “pitch trading” debate after reports had guaranteed that ICC head keeper had blamed the BCCI for changing the track for the semi-last against the Kiwis.
In any case, previous India skipper Sunil Gavaskar has marked the allegations as “pretty immaterial”.
“The allegation of BCCI impedance in the choice of the pitches for India matches again was really unimportant, as the ICC pitch advisor was near, and solely after the ICC gave its endorsement was the match played on the pitch,” Gavaskar wrote in his section for Sportstar.
Gavaskar added that the discussion was taken care of in the semi-last itself when pacer Mohammed Shami stowed seven wickets on a pitch considered supportive for spinners.
“Nothing in the playing conditions express that for the knockout games, a new pitch must be utilized, so in light of the fact that India’s matches were played on recently utilized pitches didn’t mean there was any hanky-panky. That was demonstrated decisively in the elimination rounds, where the charge of a dry pitch to suit the Indian spinners was made, however in excess of 725 runs were scored, and a quick bowler took seven wickets for India,” he added.
