ICC Cricket World Cup – Rahul Dravid disagrees over ‘common’ score given to Ahmedabad and Chennai pitches

Rahul Dravid has expressed disagreement with the 2 “common” pitch scores that ICC match referees have dished out within the first 11 days of the 2023 ODI World Cup. In doing so he has referred to as for larger variety within the sorts of surfaces that can be thought-about “good” or “superb” – the ICC’s highest pitch scores.

“If you wish to solely see 350-run matches and price solely these pitches nearly as good, then I disagree with that,” Dravid stated earlier than India’s conflict in opposition to New Zealand in Dharamsala. “You must see completely different expertise on show as effectively. In case you wished to solely see fours and sixes being hit, then we’ve got T20 for that. Why do we’d like the rest?

“There are expertise on show on 350 wickets additionally. That is high-quality on that exact day. However within the first few video games when it spins slightly bit or one thing occurs that brings the bowlers into the sport, and also you begin score pitches as common, the place does it go away the bowlers? Why are they coming then? Play two T20 matches then.

“We have to have a greater means of deciding what is sweet or common.”

There aren’t any actual penalties for pitches being rated “common” and even “under common” the following score down. It’s only when pitches are deemed “poor” or “unfit” that venues are liable to being suspended. However “common” scores are a sign to curators as to what sorts of surfaces the ICC will settle for. All different surfaces on the ODI World Cup, for matches performed till October 15, had been rated “good” or “superb”.

Dravid advised that there can be quite a lot of surfaces on show in India and that the staff ought to be capable to address the challenges wherever they go.

Rahul Dravid reckons gamers ought to adapt to every kind of surfaces•BCCI

“I simply need to see some selection,” Dravid stated. “There can be some good wickets and video games which are high-scoring. And there can be different video games the place the ball turns, and others the place it seams slightly bit. You’ve got acquired an extended match, and also you’re taking part in in India in several elements of the nation. There can be completely different wickets and completely different challenges. Groups which are in a position to deal with all these challenges are those that may find yourself being profitable.”

In India’s two different video games, in Pune and Delhi, Bangladesh made 256 for 8 batting first, and Afghanistan hit 272 for 8 batting first. Dravid stated that ODI cricket concerned completely different expertise and that gamers ought to be capable to adapt.

“We performed in good wickets as effectively in Delhi and Pune, which had been 350 wickets,” Dravid stated. “There are completely different expertise concerned in one-day cricket, just like the talent of rotating the strike, with the ability to play spin effectively.

“See the standard of watching a Ravindra Jadeja bowl, or a Mitchell Santner bowl, or an Adam Zampa bowl. Or watching Kane Williamson rotate the strike by means of the center, and Virat Kohli and KL Rahul the best way they batted in opposition to Australia. These are expertise as effectively.

“If you would like a spinner to return in and bowl 10 overs for 60 and go, and one ball spins or two balls spin, and also you price that as common – I disagree with that.”