Amidst contrasting reactions to pitch conditions, Ashwin highlighted the double standards in cricket after a tumultuous opening day of the Ashes in Perth.

Ravichandran Ashwin took aim at what he called the “double standards” of global cricket voices, contrasting the uproar over India’s three-day Test defeat to South Africa in Kolkata with the muted reaction to a dramatic opening day of the Ashes in Perth, where 19 wickets fell in just 72 overs .

The Kolkata surface at Eden Gardens came under heavy fire earlier this month after 15 wickets tumbled on Day 1 and the match wrapped up inside three days, with India failing to chase 124 in the fourth innings. Former players — including ex-England captain Michael Vaughan, who labelled the pitch “awful” — accused India of preparing surfaces t

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