ICC Pitch Ratings for Border-Gavaskar series released

Four of the five matches in the thrilling Test series between Australia and India have earned a 'very good' rating, the highest on the ICC’s pitch ranking scale.

The pitches at Perth Stadium, Adelaide Oval, Gabba and Melbourne Cricket Ground – the venues for the first four Tests – were rated as 'very good'. Meanwhile, the surface for the final Test in Sydney received a 'satisfactory', the second-highest rating on ICC's scale.

In 2023, the ICC revamped its pitch rating system, reducing it from six categories to four – very good, satisfactory, unsatisfactory and unfit.

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