India will now be scared to prepare turning pitches: Ganguly
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday called for more sporting pitches to be prepared for the remaining three matches of the ongoing Test series. "If Australia's spinners keep bowling so accurately, India will be scared of preparing turning pitches," said Ganguly. "India's best chance would be to play on good pitches," added the former cricketer.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday called for more sporting pitches to be prepared for the remaining three Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar series. India were completely decimated by Australia in the first Test in Pune on a dry and deteriorating surface in Pune. (India suffer first three-day Test defeat since April 2008)CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEOAustralia bowled out India for 105 and 107 in both innings respectively with left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe finishing the match with figures of 12 for 70 while Nathan Lyon picked up five wickets. Indian batsmen were clueless against the Aussie spin attack, especially on the third day. (Surprised with the way Australia won: Michael Clarke to India Today)Lauding the accuracy of O'Keefe and Lyon, Ganguly said India would now be scared to prepare turning pitches going ahead in the series. (Steve Smith ecstatic after Australia's first Test win in India after 4502 days)"The difference between the earlier teams and this Australian team touring here was the accuracy by Steve O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon. If Australia's spinners keep bowling so accurately, India will be scared of preparing turning pitches," Ganguly told India Today in an exclusive interview. (Virat Kohli furious after 'worst batting performance in the last two years')Ganguly also said that India would be surprised the way Australian spinners bowled in this match."India must have been surprised with the way Australia's spinners bowled. It's not the first time India prepared turners. They believed their own spinners were more accurate than the Aussie spinners. The way the two Australian spinners bowled will make India think for the rest of the series," he added. 