Twitter fumes at the Chepauk pitch and the new curator.

Indian Cricket fans were left fuming with Chepauk's lifeless pitch as England batsman piled on the runs on a dead track that didn't offer any assistance to the Indian bowlers. England batsmen batted with utmost ease with Joe Root scoring a scintillating double hundred which took England to 454/4 at tea on day two.

Twitterati took their anger at pitch curator V Ramesh Kumar and urged the BCCI to make pitches that are conducive to Test cricket. Notably, V Ramesh Kumar is a new curator at Chepauk, as the MA Chidambaram Stadium is popularly known. Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) had asked him to take charge as the curator for the first two Tests of the England series. It is interesting to note that he had never prepared a pitch for even a first-class match.

Ahead of the game, Ramesh had stated that it will be a typical Chepauk pitch but with an English look. Ramesh had also said that it will be a keen contest between bat and ball. However after five sessions of cricket, it looks very different from what was promised.

Here's what Twitterati had to say about the batsmen friendly Chennai pitch.

Watched ball to ball of the Aus series. Watched very little of this series yet . They need to start at 4 am with drop in Aus pitches in Chennai :) #INDvsENG

— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) February 6, 2021

The pitch curator for this test match, V Ramesh Kumar, is an MBA. Now you know. #INDvENG

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) February 6, 2021

#INDvsENGKohli and his Bowlers on the way to Pitch curator Home After Match 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/u1hppuUtQv

— Civil_engyneer07 (@SamCurranFC07) February 6, 2021

Joe Root after coming to the pitch:#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/xnqKDjR5Us

— Mojo (@Singhlicious) February 5, 2021

Team India bowlers to Chepauk Pitch#INDvsENG #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/uHUPNpcdXT

— Anushhhh🤫 (@anushmita7) February 6, 2021

New chef at Chepauk. Forgot to add a touch of spice?

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 5, 2021

Chepauk, where they make T20 pitches for tests and test pitches for T20s.

— Clive (@_vanillawallah) February 5, 2021

Joe Root continues his great run:

Joe Root made full use of the batting friendly conditions and became the first batsman in the history of Test cricket to score a double century in his 100th Test. Root, who expertly kept India's spinners at bay, extended his dream run that followed match-winning scores of 228 and 186 against Sri Lanka in Tests held in January 2021. This was also his fifth Test double centuries. He also became England's third-highest run-scorer in Tests during his innings, overtaking Alec Stewart's tally of 8,463. Root is now into 8,467 runs with only Graham Gooch (8,900) and Sir Alastair Cook (12,472) ahead of him.

Woke up , switch on the telly, Root is smacking it for six to reach 200 ...and all is well with the world . Well... sort of . Fast becoming one of the all time greats .#root

— Mark Austin (@markaustintv) February 6, 2021

Joe Root's Last 3 Test Matches :-•228 vs SL in SL.•186 vs SL in SL.•200* vs IND in IND.2 Double Hundreds in just 3 Test Matches and 3 Tests and 3 150+ scores. Just incredible Performance, Joe Root. #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/52YPINnF1b

— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) February 6, 2021