Aussie spinner Steve O'Keefe claimed 12 wickets for two identical 6-fors, invited lots of criticisms
New Delhi sources have stated that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has dismissed match referee Chris Broad’s report that the pitch in Pune for the first Test between India and Australia was poor. Broad rated the Pune track as poor after the match ended inside three days on a sharply turning wicket. Basis this report, the International Cricket Council (ICC) sought response from the Indian cricket board.
The ICC had said in a statement that "Broad, in accordance with Clause 3 of the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, submitted his report to the ICC in which he expressed concern over the quality of the pitch".
But in its response, the BCCI objected the claim that wasn’t a poor pitch. The Aussies
scored 260 and 285 on it, after all. The definition of a poor pitch is that
there’s uneven bounce, and batsmen are getting hurt. Did that happen in Pune?
A BCCI official had said "I agree the match ended early, India scored few runs (105 and 107), but Steve Smith scored a ton in the second innings, and KL Rahul scored a fifty. If a pitch doesn’t turn in the sub-continent, then where will it? We beg to differ this isn’t a poor track. We disagree with Broad’s observation on the pitch. Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium was hosting its first ever Test cricket, and the nature in which the pitch behaved, which invited lots of criticism.
