He said, “The key to defeating Australia in Asia is not to produce a terrible surface that will aid both sides equally.”
“Instead, it is to craft something difficult but playable, safe in the knowledge that its subtleties are more than likely to be lost on most touring players.”
Australia’s total of 91 in their second innings was the lowest on Indian soil, but Gideon High in The Australian felt the seeds of defeat had already been planted in the Tests.
He wrote, “Australia’s failure…was not Saturday, but the first day, when 174 made poor use of success in the toss.”
“If the pitch was destined to crumble, as the team suspected, now we’ll never know: the match simply hasn’t lasted long enough.