Controversy over the pitch started even before the Test series, now Steve Smith gave a ‘controversial’ statement

Steve Smith On India Pitch, Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Despite some criticism of Australia not playing a warm-up game ahead of the upcoming four-match Test series against India, leading batsman Steve Smith believes it is the right decision. Australia have adopted a policy of playing no warm-up matches since their tour of Pakistan last year and this is being continued for their all-important Test tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

He said, “We will wait and see when we take the field. I think we have taken the right decision not to play the warm-up match. Like I said, last time they prepared a green pitch for us and we faced difficult times.” faced any spin from. So it is irrelevant.”

The Daily Telegraph quoted Smith as saying before leaving Sydney airport with the Australian team on Tuesday, “We are better at our nets and trying to play the spinners better.”

He practiced on the pitches at the North Sydney Oval last weekend. Before playing the first Test in Nagpur on 9 February, Australia also held a five-day training camp in Bengaluru to practice playing in challenging Indian conditions.

He said, we usually play two practice matches in England. This time we don’t have a single practice match in India. Last time when we came, I was pretty sure that we would get a green pitch to do a practice. But it was irrelevant. Smith said, hopefully we will get really good training facilities, we will try to do better.

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