"You know it's a red soil. You know it is going to spin. I don't like captain specifically asking for it. Asking the curator if we can have a big spin. I don't think you should be asking for it. We know it is going to spin. I think he is playing a few mind games with England batsmen," Warne said at an ESPN event here today.
"I think the groundsman will prepare whatever wicket he wants to prepare. I am sure Dhoni hasn't even spoken. He just put some doubts in the English batsmen's mind that we are getting huge turning wicket. But I am sure the pitch will be just the same. It is just mind games," the legendary spinner said.
Warne's comments came in the wake of Dhoni's explicit demand for turning tracks after a nine-wicket win over England in the opening Test in Ahmedabad.
The flamboyant Aussie said he does not approve of captains asking for specific pitches as it's a job best left to groundsmen.
"I don't think the captain should be asking. It should be upto the groundsmen. The groundsmen will take pride in producing the best Test wicket. And both teams will then have a look at the wicket and work out the team combination and work out whether they want to bat or bowl first.
"There is a contest between the bat and the ball. I don't think anyone is interested in flat wickets with 700 runs. It's boring. But in India you have to expect turning wickets," he said. More
