Legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has admitted that pitches have changed in favour of the batsmen ahead of the four-match Test series against Australia starting against December 6.
Meanwhile, many former greats have tipped India as the favourites in the upcoming Test series. Despite faring poor in South Africa and England, India will be desperate to do well Down Under. Moreover, the Aussies will be without their two star cricketers Steven Smith and David Warner due to bans.
Although India have a poor record in Australia, they have the pedigree to overturn the history. Out the 11 previous tours, they are yet to win a series having won only five games out of the 44 matches they have played. However, Sachin Tendulkar feels the wicket over the years, have changed in favour of the batsmen.
“When I played there in the 1990s, there were not many high scoring games in Perth. Sometimes 500 would be scored in both innings put together. But if you see in the last decade or so, Perth has been a hunting ground for the batters. They score there in hundreds. Last time England played Australia, close to 1300 runs were scored in just three innings,” Sachin told to Sportstar.
Tendulkar scored 1809 runs in Australia, at a staggering average of 53.21. India captain Virat Kohli needs just eight runs to reach the 1000-run milestone in Australia. The talismanic run-scorer also needs one more century to reach the six centuries, the feat registered by Tendulkar.