Australia’s players celebrate after winning the match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Saturday. Their hands are tied and they are forced to prepare pitches they don’t actually want to make.”Natural constraintsHe said, “It is impossible to prepare rank turners all the time. Dhoni publicly said the Indian team wanted pitches where the spinners receive considerable help.”How, then, is a mine-field of a pitch prepared? The top curator said, “The pitch for the Test is earmarked well in advance. We should play on Test match wickets.”That does not seem to be happening.

Source: The Hindu February 27, 2017 19:52 UTC