‘Absolute highways’: Mitchell Starc surprised by India vs England pitches, says he’d hate bowling to Shubman Gill on such tracks | Cricket News

Shubman Gill (Pic credit score: BCCI)

NEW DELHI: Australian tempo spearhead Mitchell Starc has expressed shock on the batter-friendly pitches within the ongoing India-England Test sequence, describing them as “absolute highways” and admitting he would not need to bowl to an in-form Shubman Gill on such surfaces.Live Score: India vs England, third TestGill, who took over as India’s Test captain from Rohit Sharma simply forward of the five-match sequence, has been in blistering kind, amassing almost 600 runs in two Tests, together with a double hundred and two centuries. His performances have helped India degree the sequence 1-1, with the 269 and 161 at Edgbaston proving significantly decisive.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Speaking on the Willow Talk Podcast, Starc joked, “I wouldn’t bowl to him (Gill) in England, that’s for sure… Who would be a kid in England and want to bowl on some of those wickets?”

He famous the circumstances appeared oddly acquainted: “From all reports, it was very sub-continent-like, which I find hard to believe. The pitches looked brutal for bowlers.”

When requested by Alyssa Healy if the excessive scores in England forward of the Ashes involved him, Starc dismissed the thought: “They’re playing on absolute highways. What do you take out of 300 runs in a Test and India bowling them out? They’re not playing for draws — that’s what you take from it.”