India suffered a heavy defeat to Australia in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Wednesday, with the visitors registering their first win to take the series 2-1. As a result, Australia became the first team to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final, which will be held at the Oval from June 7-11, as concerns about the pitch conditions in the ongoing series continue to mount.
Chappell believes India should not be providing “inputs” for pitch preparation and reminded the team of its two series victories in Australia.
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“India need to see the error of their ways. I’ve talked before about trying to prepare pitches that suit India… have India forgotten that they won the last two series in Australia? I go back to it again, what the hell are administrators, players, coaches, anybody outside the curator (doing?). Why the hell are they having an input for the pitch? It should be left to the curator, let him produce a pitch that he thinks is a good one. Let the players play on it,” Chappell said on ESPNCricinfo.