The decision was made under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, following the conclusion of the shortest-ever completed Test match in Cape Town's Newlands, with 642 balls bowled in total.
After the second Test between India and South Africa ended in two days, former India cricketer, Aakash Chopra on his YouTube channel said that "a bad pitch should be called bad, whether it is ours or someone else's."
Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday pitched for the selection of a chief ministerial candidate on "merit and competence" and said "internal contradictions" contributed to the party's defeat in Punjab assembly polls in 2022
India skipper Rohit Sharma called out the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the match referees over the standard of rating pitches after the second Test between India and South Africa ended inside two days on Thursday.
Aiden Markram and David Bedingham took South Africa to 62/3 at Stumps on dramatic day one of the second Test match in Cape Town on Wednesday. At the time of stumps, South Africa's score read 62/3 - trail by 36 runs - with Markram (36) and Bedingham (7) unbeaten at the crease.
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch curator Adam Lewis expressed his confidence that the pitch will be different from the one that was prepared for New South Wales and Tasmania.
Afghanistan's outstanding progress on the pitch in the previous year culminated in their victory over Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka, and the Netherlands in the ODI World Cup.
Cricket commentator and former India player Aakash Chopra has said Shubman Gill has "a slight technical deficiency in his batting" and while this approach may suit flat pitches and white ball cricket, "it does not work in Test cricket".
India's opening batter Smriti Mandhana ruled out that it was tough to bat on the Wankhede pitch on Day 3 and Day 4 following India's record Test win over Australia on Sunday in the one-off Test clash.
On the reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's instructed the national leaders of the BJP to target securing more than 50 percent of votes in the 2024 general elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut expressed the view that achieving this objective is possible, provided Electronic Voti