Don’t make a pitch like 2004 in Wankhede, remember Clarke’s story.

New DelhiReading the pitch is an art and it does not bode well for the captain if he/she fails. Rohit could not read the Bengaluru pitch and now wants a pitch in Mumbai which he/she can read and make a credibility saving strategy. However, if we look at the history of Wankhede, one thing becomes clear that solving the puzzle of the pitch is not easy.

The situation which is facing New Zealand in 2024 is similar to the situation which was facing Australia in 2004 also. In 2004, Australia reached Mumbai with a 2-0 lead and in 2024, New Zealand also reached Wankhede with a 2-0 lead to play the last match of the series. To save face, 2004 captain Sourav Ganguly asked for a curved pitch. And if reports are to be believed, Rohit has also made such a demand.

what happened twenty years ago
On 6 December 2004, when the Test match started, the Indian team, batting first, was out on 103. Except Rahul Dravid, no batsman crossed the 30 mark. The score was very low but the trio of Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Karthik defeated Australia. stopped at 203

Clarke bowled an amazing spell

Suddenly Ricky Ponting remembered the bowling of Michael Clarke on the rotating pitch. No one had even imagined that Clarke’s bowling would expose the Indian batting. Clarke’s pitch was providing tremendous turn, which became victims of batsmen like Rahul Dravid, Dinesh Karthik. Clarke took 6 wickets for 9 runs in the second innings of the fourth Test against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and India was in a position to lose the match, thanks to the bowling of Murali Karthik and Harbhajan Singh, who did not allow Australia to score 106 runs. Gave and India won the test match by 13 runs

Look at the old match and don’t repeat the same mistake.

Mumbai’s pitch and conditions change constantly, a big example of which was the 2004 Test match, that is why Rohit should read the pitch properly and play the right playing eleven and the most important thing is to win the toss here and then play the last innings on the Wankhede pitch. Avoid because it is very difficult to score runs in the fourth innings in Mumbai.

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