Calling it “the destruction of Test cricket”, former India spinner Harbhajan Singh says under-prepared and excessively bowler-friendly surfaces like the one used at Eden Gardens prevent the genuine development of players.

India slipped to a 30-run defeat while chasing 124 in the first Test against South Africa as the game ended inside three days.

“They have completely destroyed Test cricket. Rest in peace, Test cricket,” Singh, said on his YouTube channel.

“The kind of work they have done, the kind of pitches that have been made for so many years now, I have been seeing it. No one talks about it because it is fine, the team is winning, someone is taking wickets, someone is becoming great by taking those wickets.

“So everyone feels everything is going well. But I feel that this practice

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