England is under severe pressure against India for the Anthony de Mello Trophy in the continuing four-Test series. The visitor trails 1-2 after the third day-night Test got over within just two days in Ahmedabad. With the final Test at the same venue, Michael Vaughan keeps taking a dig at the track.
Visitor England feels the heat against India as it battling hard for the Anthony de Mello Trophy in the ongoing four-Test series. As England trails 1-2 in the series, the third day-night Test drew the flak of legends and experts for the Ahmedabad track being too skanky since it happened to be a rank-turner.
All it took was a couple of days for the pink-ball Test to come up with a result, as the Indians spinners just squashed the English batsmen. Following the same, former English skipper Michael Vaughan has been incredibly vocal about the Motera pitch quality, as he has sent out several tweets and Instagram posts.
Recently, he shared a video of how the pitch is once again likely to behave in the ongoing fourth Test. In the video, Vaughan is seen standing on a ploughed field and explains that it is how the pitch is being prepared for the final Test, which is once again expected to be a rank-turner. He captioned it, “The much-anticipated pitch report for the 4th Test !!! #INDvENG !! 😜“.
In the video, Vaughan says, “All the talking point has been the pitch, this week it looks a lot better, it looks an absolute beauty. The odd-ball might rear off the rubble, but it should go over your head. At Test match level, you should be able to deal with it.”
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“Whoever wins the toss, it could be a good one to win. It may deteriorate on days, but all in all, we are in for a good couple of hours of cricket,” he added.
He shared another Insta post, where he posted a picture of a farmer ploughing a field, using bull and cow, for agriculture. He captioned it, “I can report that preparations for the 4th Test are going great ... The Curator is expecting movement early, good carry & might spin on Day 5 !!! #INDvENG 😜“.
Match summary
As of now, England is off to a shaky start in the opening session on Day 1 of the fourth Test, having lost three wickets. While spinner Axar Patel has struck twice, the third has been claimed by pacer Mohammed Siraj.
Brief scores: England 32/3 (Bairstow 10*; Axar 2/10) vs India
