There was a pitch tampering between India vs England match in last Feb, as reported
On the pitch of the first Test, the team management had forbidden water and the use of rollers the day before, but after head coach Ravi Shastri and bowling coach Bharat Arun left, the curator told the groundsman that he had to be a ‘higher official’ asked to water the pitch and roll it.
A big and shocking revelation has come about the Chennai Test match played between India and England in February last year. Sensational news is coming about this match that the chief curator had tampered with the pitch and due to this the match strategy of the home team i.e. Team India was unsuccessful.
According to the diggingspots.in the report, the team management had forbidden water and the use of rollers on the pitch of the first Test the day before, but after the departure of head coach Ravi Shastri and bowling coach Bharat Arun, the curator told the groundsman that he was asked by a ‘higher official’ to water the pitch and roll it.
The pitch was tampered with in Team India’s match!
As the reportedly quoted people present as saying that Ravi Shastri and Bharat Arun were at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk on the evening of February 4, a day before the start of the Test against England.
The head coach and bowling coach told the curators and groundsmen to leave the pitch as it is, and that water and rollers should not be used. He left the stadium along with the rest of the team members after stating it with complete clarity. The curator watered the pitch, took out the roller and the next morning there was a flat wicket.
This mind-blowing case came to the fore
The source also said that there should be an inquiry as to who instructed the curators to do the same by going against Team Hit.
The report also said that Ravi Shastri and Bharat Arun were very angry after this match and had also demanded the BCCI to change the curator. Although no official statement has come in this matter yet, it will be interesting to see what happens in this case.
England beat India
Chennai’s pitch proved to be helpful for batting in the opening three days and England got the advantage. Batting first, winning the toss, Chennai scored 578 runs in the first innings with the help of Joe Root’s double century.
In reply, the Indian team was all out for 337 runs in the first innings. After this, the England team could only score 178 runs in the second innings but set a target of 420 runs at the base of the first-innings lead. In front of the huge target, the Indian team was bundled out for 192 runs and England won the match by 227 runs.
Despite the loss in the first match, India showed great performance in the other three matches of the series and won the series 3-1.