The pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad for the fourth Test match between India and England is expected to be a batting beauty as per the senior BCCI official.
The pitch for the third Test match, which India won by 10 wickets, was put under major scrutiny as many English pundits labeled it as unsuitable for a five-day game.
However, ahead of the final Test match between India and England, a senior BCCI official told that the pitch for the fourth Test match would be a good hard surface and added that it would be a batting beauty.
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"Expect a good hard surface which will be firm and even bounces. It will be a batting beauty and since it's a traditional red-ball match, one can expect a very high-scoring contest here from March 4-8," a senior BCCI official told PTI.
The official said that the visitors hadn't launched an official complaint regarding the pitch used for the third Test.
"If there are two matches played at the same venue, you can't hold one result in isolation. Let the final Test be over and then only based on match referee Javagal Srinath's report can ICC decide its course of action. Also as of now, the England team hasn't lodged any official complaint," he said.
While reflecting on the third Test match, which went down in history as the shortest Test match since 1935, BCCI official said that it was the pink-ball that affected the game rather than the pitch.
"The pink-ball Test went well because it was more about the ball and the way it skidded rather than the pitch which many English former greats are panning. It was straight deliveries that they couldn't counter. But having said that, this kind of tracks have a tendency to backfire and BCCI is well aware of that," he concluded.
The four-match Test series between India and England stands at 2-1. The visitors have found themselves out of the race to qualify for the ICC World Test Championship final.
While Virat Kohli led Team India needs to win or draw the last Test match against England to play New Zealand in the final of the ICC World Test championship.
(PTI inputs)
