Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Australia observe on doctored pitches to negate India’s spin risk

The image of the doctored pitch from the Australian camp for 4 days at Alur as a part of their preparation for the upcoming four-match check sequence towards India took over cricket social media on Friday.

Courtesy of Australia head coach Andrew McDonald and spin advisor Daniel Vettori’s affiliation with Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Karnataka Cricket Association (KCA) labored up on three surfaces for the guests to organize for the risk to return from the Indian spinners.

How are the Aussies getting ready for @ashwinravi99 forward of their upcoming Test sequence with India? Well, they’ve solely gone and flown in a close to carbon copy of the star off-spinner as a web bowler | #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/l9IPv6i43j

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 3, 2023

It is known that Australia will practice on different types of scuffed-up pitches — gradual turner, rank-turner, one with variable bounce – to get acclimatized to the situations that they’re prone to encounter in Nagpur, Delhi and Ahmedabad. With Dharamshala’s pitch principally suited to seamers, it’s probably that the groups run right into a inexperienced pitch, one which can be in place for the Australian gamers to observe at Alur.

The guests could have opted to not play any observe video games, taking cues from their 2013 tour of India when Australia performed two observe matches in Chennai and nonetheless ended up getting whitewashed 4-0 – their first towards India in a three-or-more match sequence.

In 2017, within the lone observe match they performed towards India A, Australia obtained to face Shahbaz Nadeem in each innings. And regardless of having Okay Gowtham, India A used him solely within the second innings.

“The last time we went I’m pretty sure we got served up a green top (to practice on) and it was sort of irrelevant. We’re better off having our own nets and getting spinners in and bowling as much as they can. We’ll wait and see when we hit the ground. I think we’ve made the right decision to not play a tour match,” Australian Vice-captain Steve Smith informed the Sydney Morning Herald earlier than the workforce’s arrival in India.