Captain Rohit Sharma desires ‘mouths shut’ regarding Indian Pitches after SA defeat: ‘They talk about dust from Day 1’

‘They talk about dust from Day 1’- Rohit Sharma calls out on Indian Pitches after 2nd Test Match: India skipper Rohit Sharma has pointed at the match referees and the ratings of a few pitches obtained at the 2023 World Cup, which happened in India.

After the victory of the shortest test in the game history, owing to the last pitch charged too greatly in the favor of the seam bowlers. Rohit was caustic regarding the smear against pitches in india, which stayed the course.

“I mean, we saw what happened in this match, how the pitch played and stuff like that. I honestly don’t mind playing on pitches like this. As long as everyone keeps their mouth shut in India and don’t talk too much about Indian pitches, honestly,” a furious Rohit stated in the press.

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“Because you come here [in Test cricket] to challenge yourself. Yes, it is dangerous. It is challenging. So, when people come to India, it is again pretty challenging as well. Look, when you are here to play Test cricket, we talk about Test cricket, the ultimate prize, Test cricket being the pinnacle, and stuff like that. I think it’s important that we also stand by it.”

“When you are put up against, a challenge like that, you come and face it. That’s what happens in India, but, in India on day one, if the pitch starts turning, people start talking about ‘Puff of dust! A puff of dust!’ There’s so much crack here on the pitch. People are not looking at that,” Rohit called out.

Rohit’s poke at ICC

Indian captain and opener Rohit Sharma added that while taking a dig at the ICC and its rating practice of pitch, “I think it’s important that we stay neutral everywhere we go. Especially, the match referees. You know, some of these match referees need to keep their eye on how they rate pitches. It’s quite important.”

“I still can’t believe that the World Cup final pitch was rated below average. A batsman got a hundred there in the final. How can that be a poor pitch? So these are the things the ICC, the match referees, need to look into and start rating pitches based on what they see, not based on the countries. I think that’s quite important”.

He even addressed, “So I hope they keep their ears open, they keep their eyes open and look into those aspects of the game. Honestly, I’m all for pitches like this. We want to challenge playing on pitches like this. We pride ourselves on playing on pitches like this. Uh, but all I wanna say is be neutral.“