Saying the Indian pitches in the recently-concluded series against South Africa was not good advertisement for Test cricket, former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has urged the ICC to ensure uniformity of tracks in the longest format across the world.
India won the four-match Test series 3-0 and handed the No.1 Test side its first overseas loss in nine years but the rubber was dominated by anti pitch-talk with two matches finishing in under-three days.
"I don't think it was good advertisement for Test cricket in the recent India and South Africa series that the ball was turning from the first day onwards. The element of competition disappears on such pitches," Younis told PTI.
Younis also noted that people talking about facing different conditions and pitches with lot of bounce and movement when they play in England, Australia or South Africa were talking about the past.
"The pitches nowadays in these countries also are not the same as they were a decade or two ago. Look at Australia you don't see the same pace or bounce similarly in England not all pitches now have lot of seam movement."
The veteran batsman, who recently retired from ODIs after playing 265 matches for his country also opined that Twenty20 cricket is stealing the thunder from the longer format.
