Holkar Stadium of Indore. – Photo: Social Media Expansion Indore had to face gritty due to bad pitch of India-Australia test match. Wickets fell quickly on the pitch and India had to face defeat. Not only has the International Cricket Council deemed the pitch to be poor, but the referee has given three demerit points after an investigation. Now the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) is preparing its side in this matter and will tell that the pitch has been prepared according to international standards. A meeting of MPCA officials has also taken place in this regard. It is possible that after the favor of MPCA, ICC will reduce the demerit points and the threat of ban on future matches in Indore will be averted. Significantly, in the Test match held at Holkar Stadium on March 1, in two days Wickets had fallen. This pitch of black soil was prepared only under the supervision of senior curators of BCCI. The team management wanted a black soil pitch similar to the one prepared in the first and second Tests in Nagpur and Delhi for the third Test in Indore, but the ICC declared the pitch to be poor. BCCI will send parties
Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Secretary Sanjeev Rao told Amar Ujala that the association has prepared its stand in detail on the points on which the pitch has been considered bad by the match referee. Tax will be given to BCCI. The BCCI will take up the issue of the bad pitch with the ICC and present our representation. Pitch before Indore has suffered in the case of )1997 at Nehru Stadium 233 One day match was to be held between India and Sri Lanka on December
, but then pitch ok It was not prepared from the ground and dust was flying on the pitch as soon as it was hit and due to the ball the pitch was also getting uprooted. A batsman was also hurt after being hit by the ball. After this Sri Lankan team captain Arjuna Ranatunga refused to play on the pitch. Indore was banned by the ICC then because of the bad pitch. After this, Indore stopped getting international matches. Later the MPCA built a new stadium. After that matches started happening again in Indore. ,