The first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 is to be played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur from 9 February. The four-match Test series is very important for both India and Australia. Australia have not won a Test series in India since 2004, while this series becomes very important for India to make it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. Just two days before the start of the match, the controversy over the pitch has started. With the Australian cricket team dominated by left-handed batsmen, the Nagpur pitch curator has come up with a completely different tactic to increase their difficulties.

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Cricbuzz writer Bharat Sundaresan has tweeted about the Nagpur pitch, after which it seems that the Kangaroo batsmen have lost their sleep. Sharing pictures of the pitch on Twitter, Bharat wrote, ‘Interesting treatment on Nagpur pitch. The groundstaff poured water on the center surface of the crease, but did not run the roller on the length area for the leg stumps of the left handers.

The Australian cricket team has left-handed batsmen like David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Travis Head. According to Fox Sports, the Nagpur pitch curator has given this special treatment to the pitch to trouble the Australian left-handed batsmen. The Australian players were already worried about the spin-friendly pitch, so the Kangaroos have lost their sleep after this kind of treatment.

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Regarding the pitch, Australian veteran batsman Steve Smith said, ‘It is quite dry, especially one end of the pitch. I think left arm spinners will be of great help on this pitch. I haven’t seen much, but I don’t think this pitch will give any bounce to the fast bowlers. ,