Shastri referred to the Indore pitch that offered more than six degrees of turn as early as the sixth over of Day 1.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri, in a recent interview, spoke about the Ahmedabad pitch ahead of the IND vs AUS fourth and final Test starting on Thursday.
The Indore pitch got a poor rating from the ICC, and hence, there are questions about whether the curators will take risks to produce another rank-turner.
Also, there are questions about whether the Indian team management will go back on their approach to preparing pitches from Day 1 that have turned after backfiring in the third Test.
"It will turn but the question is, how quickly? How long will they keep it in the oven? They kept it a bit long for this time," Shastri said, referring to the Indore pitch that offered more than six degrees of turn as early as the sixth over of Day 1.
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden, who has been very critical of the pitch used in Indore, said in a statement: "It will be really nice to see a pitch that allows both of these great batting units to showcase their skills and abilities."
Shastri agreed to Hayden, saying: "True. I think a lot of spectators around the world would want that. Batters of both teams would want that."
An official from the local association in Gujarat said: "We haven't received any instructions from the Indian team management and our local curators are preparing a normal track as we have always done through the season."
He further said: "In fact, in the last Ranji game over here in January, Railways scored 500 plus (508) batting first and Gujarat, although suffering an innings defeat, scored 200 plus in both innings. It won't be too different this time.
Obviously, in the last few days the BCCI's grounds and pitches committee instructed the local curator. But, certainly, from our end our endeavour is to produce a good Test match pitch."
He added: "You have to factor in that the Day/Night Test and the one after that were the first ones held after the stadium was refurbished and you had no clue how the pitch will pan out."
