I guess it serves them well after botching the venue of Dharamshala and airdropping Indore into the mix out of nowhere. It showed how casual they were with their preparation despite knowing that the BGT series is a very prestige and money making affair.
Virtually no issue with the demerits points but again our batters played poorly as well, which inflated the idea of a bad pitch.
Well.. the BCCI seems to have gone arrogant, after all the multi-billion deals with media rights and IPL franchise auctions. Previously, at least one former player was there in the top management (Sourav Ganguly). But now it is all politicians and their relatives. BTW, general elections are due in 12 months. There is a real chance that the opposition will come to power. If that happens, the Jay Shah-Anurag Thakur cabal will be replaced by Sharad Pawar-Srinivasan mafia. And that is going to be even worse.
No matter how bad the pitch was, it doesn't take away the fact that the Indians scored just 109 runs in their first innings. This is the same pitch where Australians managed to score close to 200. And the Australians had only one experienced spinner with them (Nathan Lyon). The other two were making their debut in this series (Matthew Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy).