Ashwin on India's defeat against Ireland.
- Indian players are accustomed to playing on the '24-carat' flat wickets of the IPL, whenever they face tough conditions at the international level, they will struggle significantly.
You made the iconic Wankhede Pitch into a National Highway, where even scoring 250 runs of 20 overs was not safe. You did not stop there. You went one step further and made a cement pitch in Hyderabad, at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. You went so bat shit crazy that you replicated this kill the bowler model across the country. You reduced the IPL to a video game simulation exercise. For 2 months, the current T20 World Cup Champions, India, and it's leading T20 players, played on these flat track bully wickets.
Now they straight away come to Ireland and play Ireland A(with 4 of their top players missing) and they beat you 2 consecutive matches and now have won the 2 match series against you.
So, now in IPL 2027, ensure all ten home grounds of 10 IPL Teams are National Highways and that way, we will forget about what happened in Ireland, because what happens in Ireland stays in Ireland.
These two games are an eye-opener. Even the best in the world can't adjust quickly enough from the 250 kind of wickets proudly offered to them. That is why they need 160-170 games from time to time. Those are good because they challenge batsmen.
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