Sunil Gavaskar’s sarcastic comments on MCG pitch: ‘Might drop the word ‘very’ from the ‘very good’ that Madugalle gave for the Perth pitch’
Gavaskar also slammed the double standards of the match referees, saying that if the batters manage to score more runs, pitches are rated poor, and if the bowlers pick wickets, they are good. “
Australia's Steve Smith, center, watches a deliver from England's Brydon Carse, left, on Day 2 of their Ashes cricket test match in Melbourne, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair) The MCG Test was the second game in the ongoing Ashes series, which was completed in two days. The first one was in Perth. Both the surfaces have had excessive movement for seam bowlers, and batters have had a difficult time surviving on those wickets. However, the pitch at Perth was rated “Very good” by the match referee. After the Boxing Day Test ended, former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar sarcastically remarked that this pitch, too, might be rated “good.”
“Another Test match in Australia has finished in less than two days of cricket. The Australian Cricket Board’s CEO says it is not good business, and most, if not all, cricket fans in the sub-continent (read India) are screaming blue murder about the quality of the pitch given in Melbourne. They were astonished when the first Test match pitch in Perth was given a very good rating by the match referee Ranjan Madugalle,” Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
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