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British media decries India's win
The controversy over the Mumbai pitch was echoed by English media who degraded India's win as one 'achieved on an infamous pitch'.
The controversy over the wicket for the fourth Test between India and Australia found its echo in cricket's motherland in London, with the British media degrading the hosts' victory as one "achieved on an infamous pitch".
"The biggest contributor to India's 13-run victory was a truly awful pitch which saw 20 wickets fall on Friday, after 18 had gone down the day before," The Guardian reported.
"It was so conducive to spin, as it had been from the start, that even the young and part-time trundler Michael Clarke returned the remarkable analysis of 6.2-0-9-6.
"So it was hardly surprising that Australia fell short (of a modest target of 107)," the newspaper said.
India clinched a narrow 13-run victory over Australia in the fourth and final cricket Test to salvage some pride after having lost the series 0-2.
But the pitch at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai came in for a lot of flak as the ball turned square from day one and the match itself only two full days and 11 overs on a rain-curtailed opening day.
