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"Such pitches will kill Test cricket. It's a free ticket to batsmen and offer no contest," Harbhajan said over phone from Ahmedabad.
The Motera track has drawn flak from all quarters and both captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara said they expected the pitch to offer some assistance to the bowlers on the last two days.
The 'battathons' of Motera are now in public domain but the bigger picture of pitches in India ought to make cricket administrators sit up and take notice.
Seven of the last 12 Tests in India have been draws. One triple century, six double and as many as 32 Test centuries have been hit.
One score in excess of 700, three each of 600 and 500 runs and no less than six scores of 400 and more have been managed.
The bowlers understandably have groaned under the strain. It has not mattered if the likes of Dale Steyn, Andrew Flintoff, Shoaib Akhtar or Muthiah Muralitharan have been in operation.
Bowlers now have genuine concerns for their careers in India, said Harbhajan.
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On the very same pitch, S/L bawlers had performed better than bhajji. They took 16 wkts while Indian took 5 wkts & Methew was out for wrong decision. So India took only 4 wkts. BCCI has no confidence on Indian giant batsmen t/fore, they made batting friendly wkt. Pitches should be like OZ & N/Z where result comes sometimes within 3-4 days in test.
Rather than being bothered about test cricket, Harbhajan should concentrate on his bowling. A lot of people in the country feel he didn't deserve to be in the team for a long time. This statement is a cover for his poor bowling.