NEW DELHI: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar did not mince his words, calling out the hypocrisy after the first Ashes Test between Australia and England in Perth ended in just two days, noting that not a single word of pitch criticism came from the cricketing fraternity.

In Perth, 32 wickets fell across six sessions, and the 200-run mark was crossed only once, as Australia reached the total in the final innings to secure victory.

"The Perth Test match has ended in less than two days with 32 wickets having fallen, including 19 on the first day, but as yet there's not a word of criticism about the pitch there. Last year too, 17 wickets fell on Day One at Perth between India and Australia, and I can't recall a critical word about the pitch, which had more grass on it than usual," Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.

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Gavaskar also highlighted the double standards, saying that when players complain about the bounce, the counterargument is that they "can't play fast bowling," yet the same logic is never applied to rank turners in India.

"The same was in Sydney where 15 wickets fell on Day One. The argument, as enumerated by the curator in Perth last year, was 'this is Perth, Australia, and you will get bounce'. Fine, but then when the pitch affords turn, why can't it be accepted that this is India, and there will be turn? If you complain about the bounce, then the counter argument is you can't play fast bowling. Why is there never a counter argument that you can't play spin bowling when the pitch affords turn in India?" he added.

The Eden Gardens pitch faced massive backlash after the first Test between India and South Africa ended inside three days, with several former players, including Michael Vaughan, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Anil Kumble, criticising the track. Yet, a similar outcry has been missing following the Perth Test.

"Is it the old syndrome of mistake being made by their umpires being called human error, while those errors made by sub-continent umpires was cheating? So similarly, is it that the curators there have no agenda, but those in India do? It's good to see some of our recently retired cricketers asking questions about 19 wickets falling in a day," Gavaskar wrote.

"So guys, it's time to stop pointing fingers at Indian cricket as there are three of the same hand pointing back at you," he added.