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Sourav Ganguly defended the Eden Gardens pitch after India and South Africa struggled, with Morne Morkel surprised by its rapid deterioration in the first Test of the series.<\/h2>\n
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Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly on Saturday came to the defence of the crumbling Eden Gardens pitch being used in the first Test of the two-match series between India and South Africa.<\/p>\n

After India was dismissed for 189 in response to South Africa\u2019s first innings total of 159, the Proteas struggled against the spin, particularly Ravindra Jadeja\u2019s deliveries, sinking to 93\/7 with a lead of just 63 runs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe pitch is what the Indian camp wanted. This is what happens when you don\u2019t water the pitch for four days. Curator Sujan Mukherjee can\u2019t be blamed,” Sourav Ganguly told News18 Bangla<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

This is after the CAB president himself had claimed earlier in the week that Gautam Gambhir and the Indian team management had not requested a rank turner.<\/p>\n

India head coach Gautam Gambhir, who arrived late on Sunday with the team members from the white-ball series in Australia, inspected the Eden pitch on Monday morning along with batting coach Sitanshu Kotak.<\/p>\n

Ganguly also inspected the wicket later in the evening, after which the entire square was covered to protect it from dew or any possible showers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey haven\u2019t asked for it yet, so I can\u2019t answer that question. It looks like a very good one,” Ganguly had told PTI on Monday when asked if the Indian team management had requested a turning wicket.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, India bowling coach Morne Morkel admitted that his side was \u201csurprised” by how quickly the Eden Gardens surface \u201cdeteriorated” after a dramatic second day in which 15 wickets fell, shifting the opening Test sharply in India\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n

Morkel said the team had not expected such rapid wear and tear on the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, look, I mean, to be honest with you, even we didn\u2019t expect a wicket to deteriorate so quickly\u2026 we all thought when we watched that first couple of hours that it was a good wicket, so it did deteriorate quite quickly, which was unexpected,” he said after the second day\u2019s play.<\/p>\n

This unpredictability is what makes playing in India challenging, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the beauty sometimes of playing in the subcontinent\u2026 you need to be able to adapt and react to conditions quite quickly and that\u2019s the sort of challenge that we\u2019re facing here at the moment.”<\/p>\n

(With inputs from Eeron Roy Barman and Agencies)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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