2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy Pitch Rating: ICC has revealed the pitch rating for the five venues that hosted the historic Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. With a 3-1 victory in the five-match test series, Australia regained Border Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years.
Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 will be the first Test series between India and Australia comprising five matches since 1992. When we look back at the India National Cricket Team vs Australia Cricket Team Timeline, Australia hasn’t won the BGT title since the 2014/15 season.
In 2023, the ICC revamped its pitch rating system, reducing it from six categories to four – very good, satisfactory, unsatisfactory and unfit.
2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy Pitch Rating
Apart from the Sydney Cricket Ground which hosted the final test of the BGT 2024-25, all other four venues received the highest rating from ICC. Notably, Australia head coach, Andrew McDonald praises SCG ground staff for preparing an extraordinary pitch for the final test.
- Perth Stadium – Very Good
- Adelaide Oval – Very Good
- The Gabba – Very Good
- Melbourne Cricket Ground – Very Good
- Sydney Cricket Ground – Satisfactory
CA Head of Cricket Operations and Scheduling Peter Roach was happy with the quality of pitches offered throughout the Test series.
“We are delighted by the quality of pitches produced for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series and grateful for all the hard work of the curators and venues across the country.
“We encourage pitches that bring out the unique characteristics of that venue and this has long been a feature of Australian cricket. We strongly believe that this is one of the reasons that Test cricket is so popular in Australia. We don’t look to prepare wickets that favour the home side or suit our situation in a series. What we seek is a good contest between bat and ball and pitches that are likely to produce a result,” he said.
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