In almost all Asian countries, including India, pitches are made to help spinners for Test matches and foreign teams need to make a lot of effort to play spin. It is rarely seen when fast bowlers get more help than spinners in a Test match in India. Sunil Gavaskar, the great cricketer of India, shared his experiences in Chennai. He said it was very difficult to bat on the pitch here.
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Batsman Gavaskar, who has scored over 10,000 runs in Test cricket, said in The Cricket Analyst Podcast, “The match against the West Indies on the Chennai pitch in 1978 was one of the toughest matches of my career. It was the fastest pitch I ever played in my career. I batted in Sabina Park, West Indies, where the ball was constantly flying over your head. Australia’s bouncy Perth pitch and Gabba’s batting on the pitch, where the ball comes at you fast. But that pitch in Chennai was the fastest pitch of them all and I was batting there.
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Kavil Dev, Imran Khan, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee were the best all-rounders of the Gavaskar era. In his opinion, he was asked who was the best all-rounder. In response, the former India captain named West Indies great Sir Garfield Sobers and called him the best all-rounder in the world. He said, ‘The Sobers had the ability to turn the game on their team’s side with great speed while batting. His bowling and fielding were no match.
