Melbourne: Every team is strong and favourite in its own backyard, therefore, to judge which team is better between India and Australia, the two teams should play on neutral venue, former cricketer Dean Jones has suggested. The former Australian batsman said the bouncy and fast pitches will always suit Australian and India would be hard to defeat on rank turners in Asian countries, so a battle on a neutral and balanced track would spell out the correct judgement.
India are leading the on-going four-match series 2-0 after thrashing the visitors in Chennai and Hyderabad.
Jones said two venues — Kensington Oval in Barbados and Auckland — are the best for the contest.
“If a match was to be played at Kensington Oval, Barbados, that would be a lot more interesting. This pitch favours the quicks early, but gets lower and spins from day three. This venue would be a ripper to decide on who is the better team,” Jones wrote in his column for Sydney Morning Herald. (PTI)
