The overwhelmingly bowler-friendly Melbourne pitch on which 20 wickets fell on Day One of the Boxing Day Test has prompted Kevin Pietersen and Dinesh Karthik to point out the selective criticism of Indian tracks when spinners get wickets in a heap.

“India always gets hammered when wickets fall like crazy on Day One of a Test and so I hope that Australia gets the same scrutiny! Fair is fair!,” wrote former England skipper Pietersen on his X account.