India's 3-spinners strategy was successful in the world's largest cricket stadium. Team India defeated England by 10 wickets in just 2 days. For the 22nd time in the 144-year history, a Test has ended in 2 days. England's 12 Tests have ended in two days. This is India's second Test, which is over in two days. Earlier in 2018, India defeated Afghanistan in 2 days in the Bengaluru Test. This is the third time in Asia when the Test is over in two days. Earlier in the 2002/03 season, Australia defeated Pakistan in Sharjah in 2 days.
Following the people around the world especially England's cricket experts are criticizing the pitch prepared at the newly built Narendra Modi cricket stadium. Former England captain Michael Vaughan called the Ahemdabad pitch 'awful and shite'.
While the England team and ECB members did not criticize the pitch, India's former ace all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has publically slammed the Ahmedabad pitch. Yuvraj even took a jibe at Ashwin who became the fastest Indian to take 400 test wickets breaking Harbhajan Singh's record.
Yuv raj took to Twitter and wrote, "finished in 2 days Not sure if that’s good for test cricket !If @anilkumble1074 and @harbhajan_singh bowled on these kind of wickets they would be sitting on a thousand and 800 ?Thinking faceHowever congratulations to Flag of India @akshar2026 what a spell! congratulations @ashwinravi99 @ImIshant"
This statement by Yuvraj got the support of Michael Vaughan. Vaughan has been constantly slamming the Indian pitches ever since England started losing tests in India i.e. from the second test. Vaughan wrote, "Well said Yuvi."
Following this, netizens started to troll and criticize Yuvraj on social media: A user wrote, "Pic 1: Yuvi requesting to forget bad times of Stuart Broad (a Non-Indian) and appreciate his achievements. Pic 2: Yuvi requesting (indirectly) to forget an achievement of Ashwin an Axar (Indians) and criticize indian pitches."Well said Yuvi 👍 https://t.co/Q6Nkcf6o5n
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 25, 2021
Another user wrote, "Of course I am a fan of Yuvi and no body can deny he has been our hero.. But sometimes choice of words will pull everything down & I can see lot of ppl disappointed with this tweet. Could have avoided."Pic 1: Yuvi requesting to forget bad times of Stuart Broad (a Non-Indian) and appreciate his achievements.
— kangana (@kangana_im) February 26, 2021
Pic 2: Yuvi requesting (indirectly) to forget an achievement of Ashwin an Axar (Indians) and criticize indian pitches. pic.twitter.com/EEfeHtff1G
Of course I am a fan of Yuvi and no body can deny he has been our hero.. But sometimes choice of words will pull everything down & I can see lot of ppl disappointed with this tweet. Could have avoided. https://t.co/BhGIZvIQOI
— Arun Hariharan (@HariharanArun) February 26, 2021
Fun stat: Ashwin has more test wickets than the total number of runs scored in this test match. For once let bowling be the star and not blame it on the pitch. Yeah?
— Abhinand (@abhi_nand19) February 25, 2021
Ash & Axar deserve a bit more appreciation for their incredible bowling today than this tweet Yuvi. https://t.co/sCuN9jVxNv