Pune: Former England captain Michael Vaughan On Friday said that the Test pitches in India are boring as they favours batsman during the first three or four days of a Test match.
"Test match cricket pitches in India are boring ... The first 3/4 days the contest is far too in favour of the Bat ... needs more action for the bowler ... My thought of the day ... #INDvSA," Vaughan took to Twitter to write.
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Test Match Cricket pitches in India are boring ... The first 3/4 days the contest is far too in favour of the Bat ... needs more action for the bowler ... My thought of the day ... #INDvSA
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 11, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Test Match Cricket pitches in India are boring ... The first 3/4 days the contest is far too in favour of the Bat ... needs more action for the bowler ... My thought of the day ... #INDvSA
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 11, 2019Test Match Cricket pitches in India are boring ... The first 3/4 days the contest is far too in favour of the Bat ... needs more action for the bowler ... My thought of the day ... #INDvSA
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 11, 2019
In the ongoing Test series between India and South Africa, while the hosts are enjoying a brilliant run with the bat, visitors bowlers seem toothless despite having world-class pacers like Kagiso Rabada and Vernon Philander in their ranks.
After a thumping 203 runs victory over South Africa in the first Test, Virat Kohli and Co are at the driver in the second match of the series too as they have already crossed the mark of 400 runs in their first innings.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli is unbeaten at 167 and looks all set for his seventh double hundred in the longest format of the game and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is batting at 7.
The 30-year-old right-handed batsman on Friday scored his 26th century in red-ball cricket and in the process became fourth fastest to do so.
Former Australian great Don Bradman tops the list, followed by his fellow countrymen Steve Smith and Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar.
Quickest (in terms of innings) to 26 Test tons:
69: Don Bradman (Aus)
121: Steve Smith (AUS)
136: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
138: Virat Kohli (IND)
144: Sunil Gavaskar (IND)
145: Matthew Hayden (AUS)
