Former Australia captain and cricket Ian Chappell on Saturday played down the controversy around the last-minute pitch change for the World Cup semifinal between hosts India and New Zealand.
The Indian team management had demanded a change of the pitch for the last-four clash with the Black Caps at Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium on Wednesday.
The move drew frowns from a section of the English media and former cricketing greats, who questioned the last-minute sanction of the pitch change by the governing body of world cricket — the International Cricket Council (ICC).
