Last Update: February 04, 2023, 14:26 IST
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Ian Healy recently claimed that Australia would win in India if the pitches there were not unfair
As Aussies prepare for the challenge of spin during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Ian Healy takes a dig India For producing ‘unfair pitches’ during the team’s last tour of the country in 2017. He claims that should the pitches not be spin-friendly this time, Australia will have a chance to beat India in the four-match Test series.
Healy said during a chat show that when the ball starts bouncing from day one, the Indian batsmen deal with the conditions better.
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“I think if they (India) make good Indian wickets, which are good batting wickets, (that) maybe spin and spin consistently, but spin for longer, late in the match… We (Australia) ) win. I’m worried about (Mitchell) Starc and (Nathan) Lyon in the first Test… if they’re unfair wickets, which I’ve seen in the last series, where the ball was bouncing ridiculously and sliding down from day one, I think India play better than us in those conditions,” Healy said. senku breakfast,
However, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt criticized Healy for making unnecessary statements. He points out that when subcontinental teams tour Australia, he doesn’t complain about pitches there that offer extra bounce and calls them ‘unfair’.
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“When subcontinental teams go (to Australia), they don’t complain about extra bouncy pitches being unfair. You will have to face domestic situations. Just like the teams have to deal with Perth, spin (in India) also tests them. Such statements should not be made about the pitch,” Butt said on his YouTube channel.
Butt said that both the teams are dealing with similar conditions and claimed that it is a habit of the visiting teams to complain about the pitches being unfair.
“Results being decided on the same pitch – if the other team is winning it means they are doing something better than you. It’s habitual. If they don’t understand it, it becomes unfair,” Butt said. Said.
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