The pitch for the Boxing Day Take a look at between South Africa and India at Centurion has obtained a ‘Satisfactory’ score from the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC). This comes after criticism of the New 12 months Take a look at pitch at Newlands in Cape City, which was deemed ‘Unsatisfactory’ with one demerit level. Regardless of some discussions concerning the nature of the Centurion pitch, the ICC’s evaluation differs from opinions like Sunil Gavaskar’s, who argued that each the Centurion and Newlands pitches had been problematic.
The Take a look at at Centurion concluded inside three days, with South Africa securing victory by an innings and 32 runs within the final session of the third day. Regardless of the quick length, the match witnessed two centuries, one by KL Rahul and the opposite by Dean Elgar. Elgar scored a powerful 185 runs, coming near attaining a double hundred. Nonetheless, within the second innings, the pitch confirmed a special character, resulting in India’s collapse for 131 runs in 34.1 overs, with solely Virat Kohli (76) and Shubman Gill (26) managing to succeed in double-digit scores.
The ICC just lately modified its pitch and outfield score system for worldwide fixtures, simplifying it to 4 scores: excellent, passable, unsatisfactory, and unfit. This modification goals to offer clearer suggestions to the host Member Board to help in future pitch and outfield preparations for worldwide matches on the related venue. If a pitch or outfield is deemed substandard, with a score of unsatisfactory or unfit, sanctions could also be utilized by the ICC to the venue that introduced the substandard pitch or outfield for worldwide cricket.
This evaluation and the adjustments within the score system are anticipated to impression future pitch preparations and the standard of cricket in worldwide matches.
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