BCCI to discuss 'green-top' Nagpur pitch

Indian cricket board will discuss the decision to provide a "green-top" pitch for the third Test that favored Australia's pace bowlers.

The Indian cricket board will discuss the decision to provide a "green-top" pitch for the third cricket Test that negated the home team's spin-bowling advantage against top-ranked Australia, a top official said on Saturday.

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India crashed to a massive 342-run defeat in the Test that ended on Friday, as Australia clinched its first Test series on Indian soil in 35 years.

Nagpur pitch curator Kishore Pradhan had previously refused to heed to advice from Indian captain Sourav Ganguly that the grass be shaved off the pitch so as not to favor Australia's pace bowlers.

"The board will get feedback on the pitch from the Indian captain and coach, and then discuss it with the pitch advisory panel," said SK Nair, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.