LUCKNOW: Ahead of a must-win clash against Sri Lanka in the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup, Australia captain Pat Cummins admitted that he had found it hard to read the pitches in various Indian venues and decide on what has to be the gameplan as per the different conditions.
Australia’s campaign is facing dark clouds after suffering a loss to India on a spin-friendly pitch in Chennai and against South Africa on a bouncy Lucknow pitch.
“It’s a tricky one, even ODI cricket compared to T20s played over half the game in daylight, half at night. So, it’s a bit different to T20 cricket.”
“Find these wickets hard to read as well. Like sometimes they look terrible and they play beautifully and the opposite. Sometimes they look flat and they end up spinning. So, it is tough. You just got to adapt on the fly sometimes,” said Cummins in the pre-match press conference.
He stated that despite the difficulty in reading pitches, they will continue to assess pitches on a match-by-match basis. “You still got to assess conditions. India is a big country. So, Chennai is a long way away from say, up north Delhi or somewhere like that.” IANS
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