England captain Joe Root says it's 'up to the ICC' to judge Ahmedabad Test pitch

England captain Joe Root said the International Cricket Council (ICC) should make its own judgement on the state of the pitch that saw his side routed inside two days in the third day-night Ahmedabad Test.

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel claimed an 11-wicket match haul as India beat England by 10 wickets, dashing the tourists' hopes of making the final of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) in June.

On a viciously turning track, England were shot out for 81 in the second innings, their lowest ever total against India, who had suffered their own first-innings collapse on a chaotic day at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Chasing 49 for victory in the spin-dominated, low-scoring contest, India overwhelmed the target without losing a wicket to go 2-1 up in the four-Test series.

Victory was secured inside 140.2 overs – making it the shortest game since 1935 in terms of deliveries.

There was no shortage of opinion on the pitch, with former England captain Michael Vaughan deeming it "awful" on Twitter and his successors Sir Andrew Strauss and Sir Alastair Cook both taking a dim view on Channel 4.

The weight of Indian media saw it differently, while the top-scorer of the match, Rohit Sharma, even calling it "a nice pitch to bat on".

Root chose his words carefully as he dissected the defeat.

While accepting India's dominance he also suggested the governing body may want to take a view on the extreme conditions that ended the spectacle three days early for the fans in the ground, as well as those watching on at home.

"I think that this surface was a very challenging one, a very difficult one to play on. But it's not for players to decide if it's fit for purpose; that's up to the ICC," he said.

"I'm paid to play the game, not make those decisions, but it's something that I'm sure they look at off the back of the last couple of matches. There always has to be an element of home advantage, because that is part of the beauty of Test cricket. It's just how extreme you're willing to let the wickets be.

"We're bitterly disappointed. The fact is it was challenging for both teams and credit to India, they outplayed us on that wicket. It's just a real shame because it's a fantastic stadium, 40,000 people have come to watch a brilliant, iconic Test match and I feel for them.

"They came to watch Virat Kohli face Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach and Ravichandran Ashwin against our top batsmen like Ben Stokes. I almost feel like they've been robbed."

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