The first India vs England Test match in Chennai final yr noticed the vacationers thrashing the Virat Kohli-led aspect by an enormous margin of 227 runs. Visiting captain Joe Root notched a double hundred, scoring 218 within the first innings. In pursuit of 420-run goal, the hosts had been bowled out for 192.

After greater than a yr to that gorgeous defeat, a report carried out by The Times of India has claimed that the pitch curators appointed by the BCCI went in opposition to the instructions acquired by the Indian crew administration. It has been realized that among the board official now need the matter to be investigated.

“Ravi Shastri and Bharat Arun were at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk on the evening of February 4, a day before the start of the Test against England, the head coach and the bowling coach explicitly told the curator and the groundsmen that the pitch should be left the way it is, and the water and roller should not be used. Having conveyed it with absolute clarity, they left the stadium with the rest of the team,” the report quoted a supply as saying.