South African legend Shaun Pollock opined on Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir’s views on the Kolkata pitch after the first Test against South Africa. India lost by 30 runs, and the game wrapped up in
just two and a half days as well.

“The only issue I’ve got is actually about no demons. I don’t agree with that one. It was very difficult at times. There were certain deliveries that were unplayable. There were a few demons. I think if he looked back he would take away that there weren’t that many demons. His point is probably going more down the lines that the batters need to show more application and ability to bat on different surfaces. I would say there were demons and it was very difficult and it is not kind of what you want. But I do get his point. Even though it was difficult, they should have shown more application,” he said on Cricbuzz.

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“Bowlers, no issue. They have done their job. It comes down to the batters. If you go down to the route of saying Shubman Gill did not contribute, if he scores, then no issues. So I don’t know if there will be massive changes. The only thing could be if you want to go one bowling option short and play the extra batter. Besides it I don’t see any changes. Maybe you say we don’t need to extra spin of Axar and get more batting in. That could be the only change,” he further added.

Meanwhile, Former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik also questioned the team selection by Gautam Gambhir after their loss against South Africa in the first Test as well.

“India had three all-rounders in the 11. Is that one too many? South Africa backed regular bowlers. Washington bowled just one over across both innings and they had the likes of Devdutt Padikkal and Sai Sudharsan sitting outside who are bonafide batters,” he said.