It is no surprise that the ICC has given a ‘poor’ rating to the pitch for the third Test here that ended before lunch on Day Three.

With it, the Holkar Stadium strip has received three demerit points. But what is surprising is that there are reports in the media that some action may be taken against curator Samundar Singh Chauhan for laying a sub-standard pitch.  It is presumed that he is the main culprit. But going by his track record (pun intended), he has the reputation of preparing very good tracks. The prime examples are the pitches in Gwalior and Indore prepared by him on which Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag scored the first two double centuries in ODI history.