Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has come down hard on the Eden Gardens surface used for the first Test between India and South Africa, calling the pitch unfit for the longest format after 26 wickets tumbled inside the first two days. South Africa were bundled out for 153 on the third morning, leaving India a target of just 123 on a surface that had broken up severely. The chase began poorly, with Yashasvi Jaiswal dismissed for a duck, while captain Shubman Gill was unavailable due to a neck injury. Harbhajan, who famously took 13 wickets at this venue during India’s iconic 2001 Test triumph, said conditions like these were damaging the future of Test cricket. “Just two days are done and we are able to see which way the game is going,” Harbhajan said on his YouTub

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