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00:00 Former Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar voiced his ire following a controversy surrounding

00:10 Pitch Switch aimed at favouring Indian spinners after India's win over New Zealand in the

00:15 semi-finals.

00:17 British newspaper The Daily Mail reported that the BCCI and the Indian team management

00:22 under coach Rahul Ravid had got the pitch no.

00:24 7 for the match changed at last minute, without the permission of the ICC in a move for the

00:29 spinners to aid their world-class spinners.

00:32 However, in the match, Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav faced a lack of support

00:38 from the pitch.

00:39 The duo encountered a challenging time as they were under pressure from the aggressive

00:43 batting display of the Kiwi players while chasing the target of 398.

00:49 Despite the spinners' struggle, India secured a 70-run victory advancing to the fourth World

00:54 Cup final.

00:55 On the pitch change, Gavaskar told the broadcasters after the match, "All those morons who have

01:01 been saying about pitch change, I hope they shut up.

01:04 Stop taking pot shots of India, stop talking about pitch change.

01:08 It was for both the teams."

01:10 The report also claimed that if India makes the final in Ahmedabad, a slow pitch is expected

01:15 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

01:18 Gavaskar said on this, "Stop talking nonsense about pitches.

01:22 Some of them have already started about the Ahmedabad pitch, especially the second semi-final

01:27 hasn't been completed yet."

01:29 The pitch no. 6 eventually selected for the semi-final was the one that was used for the

01:34 England-South Africa and India-Sri Lanka games at the Wankhede Stadium in the tournament.

01:40 The semi-final was originally scheduled to be played on a fresh wicket chosen by ICC's

01:45 independent pitch consultant Andy Atkinson.

01:48 The ICC later clarified that pitch changes are common in a tournament as long as the

01:53 World Cup and the ICC's independent pitch consultant was apprised by the change and

01:58 has no reason to believe the pitch won't play well.

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