In accordance with Clause 3 of the Process, ICC Match Referee Jeff Crowe submitted his report to the ICC expressing the concerns of the match officials over the performance of the pitch. This report has been forwarded to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which now has 14 days to provide its response.
The pitch at the Vidarbha cricket ground at Jamtha, which is BCCI president Shashank Manohar's home association, saw ample turn from the very first day resulting in the game being over within three days. Manohar, interestingly, is currently also the ICC chairman.
The ICC will make no further comments until Allardice and Madugalle have reached their decision.
The Nagpur Test was played from 25-27 November in which India scored 215 and 173, while South Africa scored 79 and 185.
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The pitch received flak from many former cricketers, including Australia's Matthew Hayden, England's Michael Vaughan, and a host of others.
Shastri had even gone to the extent of saying: "Which rule tells me that a ball can't turn on day one? Where does it tell me in the rulebook it can only swing and seam?"
However, the visiting South African team had not lodged any complaints nor they made any critical comments on the pitch.