{"id":317877,"date":"2023-11-15T19:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=317877"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:26:10","slug":"gavaskar-on-pitch-row-stop-taking-potshots-at-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/gavaskar-on-pitch-row-stop-taking-potshots-at-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavaskar on pitch row: &#8216;Stop taking potshots at India&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>SCORECARD<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The legendary Sunil Gavaskar dismissed conspiracy theories around the pitch for the World Cup semi-final between India and New Zealand, asking &#8220;morons&#8221; to shut up and stop taking potshots at the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>India made it to the 2023 World Cup final with a <strong>70-run victory<\/strong> over New Zealand at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hours before India&#8217;s highly anticipated semi-final, reports emerged that the Indian cricket team management sought a &#8220;slow pitch&#8221; for the game.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report, a fresh pitch was originally planned for the first semi-final but later an &#8220;used&#8221; surface was used to assist the home team&#8217;s spinners, leading to pitch alteration.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, it was pacer Mohammed Shami who claimed a spectacular seven-wicket haul, as India dismissed New Zealand for 327 in 48.1 overs to reach their first World Cup final in 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All those morons who have been saying about pitch change, I hope they just shut up, stop taking potshots at India. Stop talking about pitch change. It was for both teams,&#8221; Gavaskar told the broadcasters after the match.<\/p>\n<p>The report also claimed that if India make the final in Ahmedabad, a slow pitch is expected at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For God&#8217;s sake the second semi-final hasn&#8217;t been played and they are talking about changing pitch in Ahmedabad,&#8221; Gavaskar added.<\/p>\n<p>The International Cricket Council later clarified that the independent pitch consultant, Andy Atkinson, was taken into confidence before the change of surface.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Changes to planned pitch rotations are common towards the end of an event of this length, and have already happened a couple of times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This change was made on the recommendation of the venue curator in conjunction with our host,&#8221; read a statement from the ICC.<\/p>\n<p>The ICC said Atkinson, its independent pitch consultant, was aware of the change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ICC independent pitch consultant was apprised of the change and has no reason to believe the pitch won&#8217;t play well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As per the ICC&#8217;s &#8216;playing conditions&#8217; for the World Cup, the host association is &#8220;responsible for the selection and preparation of the pitch&#8221; and there is no requirement that a knockout match must be played on fresh pitches.<\/p>\n<p>Australia captain Pat Cummins also did not read too much into the pitch episode.<\/p>\n<p>However, former England skipper Michael Vaughan had said that a fresh pitch should be used for the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A World Cup semi should be played on a fresh pitch .. It&#8217;s as simple as that,&#8221; Vaughan had posted on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Cup 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/cricket\/report\/icc-world-cup-shut-up-stop-taking-potshots-at-india-gavaskar-on-pitch\/20231115.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCORECARD The legendary Sunil Gavaskar dismissed conspiracy theories around the pitch for the World Cup semi-final between India and New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":317876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gavaskar on pitch row: &#039;Stop taking potshots at India&#039; - Popular Indi News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/gavaskar-on-pitch-row-stop-taking-potshots-at-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gavaskar on pitch row: &#039;Stop taking potshots at India&#039; - 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