3 reasons why Indian players going to NZ ahead of Australia series is not a good idea

#1 Pitches are vastly different

Even if New Zealand is the closest to Australia in terms of geographical location, the pitch conditions in those two countries are very dissimilar in nature. The 22 yards in New Zealand is soft underneath with a spattering of grass, while it’s rock hard and more straw coloured in Australia.

The ball moves off the wicket as well as in the air for the most part of the day in New Zealand, but the surfaces in Australia in recent times have been pretty flat with hardly any movement off the seam. The adjustment that the batsmen will have to make on Australian surfaces is in terms of the bounce.