Shane Warne livid over Jaipur pitch criticism

Updated on: 02 May,2011 01:04 PM IST |
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Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne expressed displeasure over Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar's remarks on the Sawai Man Singh pitch, PTI reported yesterday

Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne expressed displeasure over Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar's remarks on the Sawai Man Singh pitch, PTI reported yesterday. Mumbai lost their Indian Premier League game to Rajasthan by seven wickets on Saturday. "It is very unfortunate. Mumbai is still not relishing the fact that they were restricted to 94 for 8 and that is why they are searching for excuses. They should admit that they were outplayed if they were outplayed," Warne said yesterday after his team's six-wicket win over Pune Warriors.

Shane Warne

"A pitch inspector (member of the pitch committee of BCCI) was here and how the wicket can be termed bad when we reached the target losing three wickets? The ball was coming nicely and it was the same wicket on which Kolkata made 160 odd losing one wicket," he said.

"I think Rajasthan Cricket Association and curator Taposh Chatterjee have been doing a decent job and preparing fine wickets. In fact, the wicket was a bit slow but that makes a 20-20 even for both bowlers and batsmen. I am really very disappointed by the complaint. I have seen wickets in other matches too which were slow and few balls keeping low. But lodging a complaint is not fair. It makes a fair contest between the bat and the ball," Warne added.