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‘Never judge a pitch by it’s color!’ – Fans hail Harsha Bhogle for his ‘Get to know them’ comment amidst criticism for pitch in Nagpur Test

Ahead of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, there was a lot of criticism about the preparation of the pitch in Nagpur.

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Harsha Bhogle (Source: Twitter)

Ahead of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, there was a lot of criticism about the preparation of the pitch in Nagpur. The Australian media and former cricketers had speculated that the wicket at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium would be a rank-turner, however, that has not been the case so far.

While the pitch has provided some assistance to the spinners, it has not been a rank-turner by any means. In the first innings, India’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja even took five wickets but did not turn the ball much.

Now, cricket expert and broadcaster Harsha Bhogle has compared pitches to people and has asked everyone not to judge them quickly. “As we do with people, so must we do with pitches. Get to know them before passing judgement on their character,” he tweeted

In the meantime, while discussing the impact of spin bowling in the commentary box on Day 1, former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who is commentating for broadcaster Star Sports in the series, trolled fellow commentator Matthew Hayden. The broadcaster demonstrated the degree of spinner Australians could produce in the 21st over of India’s batting in the first innings.

“Hey fellows, did you see that? Aussies are winning the day on spin,” Hayden said. “Can’t see that, Haydos. But I can see that wicket column which is still zero,” hilariously replied Shastri.

The Australians did manage to take one wicket on Day 1, with spinner Todd Murphy dismissing KL Rahul right on the stroke of stumps. With the ball in the match, it was indeed a spinner who opened the tourists’ account.

Earlier in the game, India had thrived in their bowling innings on the back of their spinners. Ravindra Jadeja picked up a five-wicket haul, while Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets. JAdeja’s wickets included that of Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne. Australia could only manage 177 runs in the first innings.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Harsha Bhogle’s tweet

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