There  is  more  controversy  in  India  ahead  of  hosting  the  first  test  against  the  West  Indies  which  gets  underway  on  Thursday  in  Rajkot.

This  as  the  Saurashtra Cricket Association the SCA is upset at the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s  decision to send its own curators for pitch preparation ahead of the first test  even though the parent’s body move is considered ‘standard practice’.

Saurashtra strongman Niranjan Shah, who ruled the SCA for more than four decades before being made ineligible in the wake of the Lodha recommendations, said local curators are capable enough to prepare a good wicket.

His comments come as BCCI curators have taken charge of the wicket in Rajkot.

The Indian team management has reportedly asked for bouncy pitches for the two tests against the West Indies in Rajkot from October 4-8 and Hyderabad from October 12 to 16, keeping in mind the long tour of Australia beginning late in November.

The West Indies play their final game of the India tour on November 11 while the first T/20 between India and Australia is scheduled for November 21 at the Gabba in Brisbane.

That narrow 10-day window leaves India with little time to prepare, as pointed out by coach Ravi Shastri after the team’s yet another overseas test series loss, against England, last month.

In an  earlier  controversy  the second one  day  international   could be shifted away from Indore, because  of  a  tussle  over  complimentary  ticket allocation  between  the  BCCI  and  the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association.