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Australia Forced To Cancel Practice On Spin-friendly Nagpur Pitch After Watering Of Track

By IANS News February 12, 2023 • 22:11 PM View: 985

After suffering a crushing defeat, Australian team had a planned a training session on the spin-friendly Nagpur pitch, which confounded them in the Border Gavaskar Trophy series opener, but they were forced to cancel it as a Vidarbha Cricket Association ground staff watered the surface following the end of first Test match.

According to a cricket.com.au report, a member of the VCA Stadium ground staff was observed hosing down the pitch after the Australians left the ground on Saturday afternoon not long after India had wrapped up an innings victory inside three days.

TAGS Cricket Australia Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Border-Gavaskar Trophy

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