In the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, tension seems to be increasing between the two teams. The series is still tied at 1-1 and Australia has lost the third match. Now the Australian team is under pressure because there is a danger of the series slipping at home again. In such a situation, now the Australian Board has resorted to such activities, which can affect the preparations of Team India. Already the Australian media has targeted some Indian players and now Team India, which is preparing for the Melbourne Test, has been given such pitches which are completely lifeless and its effect is visible in the form of injuries to the players.
Team India started preparations from Saturday 21 December for the fourth Test match starting from 26 December in Melbourne. Sunday was the second day of Team India's practice and during this, captain Rohit Sharma was hit by a ball on his knee. Rohit looked very troubled by this injury and went out of practice. He was seen applying ice on his knee for a long time. However, it is a matter of relief that his injury was not serious. Similarly, when Akash Deep also came out to bat, he was also hit by a ball but his injury was also not serious.
Now the question is why did Indian players have to face such situations? The answer to this is hidden somewhere in the pitches that have been given to the Indian team. According to reports, the pitches on which the Indian team is practicing in the practice area near the Melbourne Cricket Ground are very slow. The bowlers are not getting any kind of help on these pitches. Indian fast bowlers are having to put a lot of effort into this and even then the balls are not getting much bounce. According to the report, the ball was bouncing up to the waist with great difficulty, which troubled the Indian batsmen and bowlers.
Not only this, a proof of Australia's cleverness is that many pitches in the same practice area have been completely covered. When we got a glimpse of these pitches, they appeared very fresh, where there is more possibility of getting good bounce. However, these pitches have not been made available to the Indian team for preparation and it is believed that only the Australian team will practice on them. In such a situation, if the pitch of Melbourne Cricket Ground also remains strong, then Indian batsmen may have to face problems.
