The surface of the iconic Eden Gardens in Calcutta, which hosted a Test match after six years, was criticized for having too many curves. However, India head coach Gautam Gambhir admitted in the post-match press conference that this was the kind of delivery they were asking for and slammed his batters for not being more committed to the crease.
Jaffer said the team has not learned from the mistakes they made during their crushing 0-3 series against New Zealand on home soil in 2024. He recalled the 2016-17 domestic season under Kohli and said the management should try to play on similar pitches again.
“Looks like we haven’t learned our lesson from the NZ series loss. The gap between our spinners and the opposition spinners is narrowing on pitches like this. We need to go back to classic Indian pitches like the one in the 2016-17 season when Virat was captain and Eng and NZ were touring,” Jaffer wrote on his ‘X’ account.
2:35 PM · November 16, 2025
India lost a Test match to South Africa at home after fifteen years. The Asian giants will be looking to bounce back strongly when they take on the World Test champions in the second Test, to be held at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati from Saturday, November 22.
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