Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has indicated that it would be unfair to blame the Board of Control for Cricket in India for yesterday's pitch fiasco at the Kotla.
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has indicated that it would be unfair to blame the Board of Control for Cricket in India for yesterday's pitch fiasco at the Kotla.
"It is hard on the BCCI because the BCCI cannot totally control what the association does," Gavaskar said in a chat show on CNN-IBN. "The associations are independent. They work on their own. They are affiliated to the BCCI but it is eventually the association which has to be given the responsibility of everything u00e2u0080u0094 preparing the grounds, security, hotels. So it's that particular association that has got to be held responsible."
Gavaskar shuddered to think what would have happened had the Indian team batted first. He pointed out that all the Lankan batsmen save Upul Tharanga, who was dismissed early, suffered bruises and highlighted how the Indians have a hectic schedule coming up with their tour of Bangladesh and a series against South Africa. He also felt that there were too many people involved in the whole business of pitches. "Maybe you want to have a situation where the people who actually prepare the wicket are left alone. There are far too many cooks and that's the reason why there are a lot of problems with pitches in India," Gavaskar said.
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