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

NEW DELHI: Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has expressed surprise at the batter-friendly pitches in the ongoing India-England Test series, describing them as “absolute highways” and admitting he wouldn’t want to bowl to an in-form Shubman Gill on such surfaces.Live Score: India vs England, 3rd TestGill, who took over as India’s Test captain from Rohit Sharma just ahead of the five-match series, has been in blistering form, amassing nearly 600 runs in two Tests, including a double hundred and two centuries. His performances have helped India level the series 1-1, with the 269 and 161 at Edgbaston proving particularly 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 noted the conditions seemed oddly familiar: “From all reports, it was very sub-continent-like, which I find hard to believe. The pitches looked brutal for bowlers.”

When asked by Alyssa Healy if the high scores in England ahead of the Ashes concerned him, Starc dismissed the idea: “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.”