Motera Pitch

India vs England: Virat Kohli defended Motera pitch 'almost as if it's a BCCI thing', says Alastair Cook

Disagreeing with Kohli's assessment of the third Test that ended with India crushing England by 10 wickets inside two days, Cook said batting was near impossible on the newly laid strip at the refurbished stadium in Ahmedabad.

India vs England: Motera pitch a painful reminder of the perils of stretching home advantage to the hilt

The barren, arid strip of land in the otherwise lush green ocean of the outfield was as much an aberration as a piece of the surface of the moon infesting the Garden of Eden.