Australia coach Andrew McDonald has performed down the dialog about “doctored pitches” in India, and indicated he needs his group to be downside solvers who can modify to adjustments in situations from one venue to a different. The Australian media has gone hammer and tongs over the style during which the pitch for the opening Test in Nagpur has been ready, saying it had been tailored to help spinners and bother the touring celebration’s left-handed batters.

However, McDonald, who took over the top coach’s job from Justin Langer early final 12 months, stated forward of the beginning of the match on Thursday that he’s “excited by the challenge that confronts us”, clearly echoing the feelings of his captain Pat Cummins.

“Our job is to solve the problems that the wicket presents and that’s the great part about Test cricket, is the conditions change from country to country and from venue to venue within the country,” McDonald informed SEN’s Whateley on Thursday.

The coach added that each one alongside the sensation within the squad was that the Indian pitches could be alongside anticipated traces, so clearly he was not stunned.

“Clearly it’s dry and it’s what we probably expected, to be honest. Coming to Nagpur, the message was it is the biggest turning wicket in India and (with) high reverse swing. I think it all matches up and we’re excited by the challenge that confronts us. I think we’ve all seen the same pitch circulating around.” With the Australian group full of left-handed batters, Indian spinners are anticipated to derive benefit from the dry floor and McDonald stated he had the gamers with the wherewithal to unravel the issue.

“Yeah, there’s no doubt that we’ve got a heavy left-hand line-up. It’s dryer up one side and a little bit more moisture up the other. It’s going to create some problems and we’ve got some really good problem solvers in our batting line-up that I think can combat that.” The coach stated he would not assume India had been unfair to the touring aspect whereas making ready pitches, which have been labelled, “unorthodox” or “doctored” by the Australian media.

“I don’t think so. I think that you play your home conditions. We’ve got extra bounce in Australia and sometimes some grass. They call it Test cricket for a reason. All your skills get tested and having different conditions in in different countries is great. It would be a plain old game if the conditions were the same everywhere you went.

“The conversations we’ve got a little bit however extra detailed once you get surfaces like this,” he added.

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