There is no irony to be applied. I think the article below gives a good insight into why the test match was so brief.
Ponting wants ICC pitch inquiry
Saturday November 6, 05:11 PM
Australian captain Ricky Ponting wants the International Cricket Council to launch an inquiry into the doctoring of an overly lively pitch at Wankhede Stadium that led to the fourth Test ending in virtually two days.
But curator Polly Umrigar, who prepared the 22 yard strip of dynamite, has blamed the batsmen for making his pitch look bad.
"I do not care what others say, my verdict is that the batsmen did not apply themselves," said Umrigar, a former Indian captain.
"The wicket was not as difficult as it is being made out to be. Batsmen willing to play shots got ample opportunities."
After the first day featured just 11 overs - and two wickets - because of freakish rains in a city that is normally dry rather than drenched, no less than 38 wickets tumbled over the next two frenetic days.
Ponting said the wicket, which gave massive amounts of turn for the spinners and exaggerated bounce and movement off the seam for the pacemen, was "not even close to Test standard" after Australia was rolled for 93 in its second innings for a 13-run loss.
"I mean, 40 wickets (sic) in two days, I think that says it all," said the Australian skipper.
"It's disappointing for the players, who turned up looking forward to a hard, five-day Test match, and it's all over in two.
"It puts a bit of a sour taste in the mouth. It's pretty disappointing for the Indian fans.
"Even though they won, they would've liked to have seen two more days of cricket. A lot of people are affected by it.
"I want to have a chat to (Indian captain) Rahul Dravid about it, and both put our minds together.
"I don't think he'll have too many good things to say about the wicket, either.
"We need to have a chat about it, and have a chat to the referee, and give the wicket and the ground its just desserts."
Ponting said: "Let's hope there is an inquiry. As a player you want to be tested under different conditions and in different countries, but that was just going a little bit too far.
"We've played in three venues other than this one in this Test series, and the conditions have been different in each one, which is the beauty of playing cricket in India.
"But in all the matches other than Nagpur, the match was going into a fifth day, which is what you want. Unfortunately this one didn't even finish (in) two."
India made 104 and 205, Australia 203 and 93 as batsmen came and went in a hurry.
Chasing only 107 to win the series 3-0, the Australians were skittled in 30.5 overs as offspinner Harbhajan Singh took 5-29 and man-of-the match Murali Kartik finished with 3-32.
"It's probably one of the toughest wickets I've played a match on," said Dravid.
"It was interesting and it produced a great Test match. I'll admit it's not an ideal Test match, but it was a fantastic game of cricket on what was definitely not an ideal Test wicket."
Fast bowler Glenn McGrath added: "Any game that finishes on what was really only a day two pitch is probably not what you expect from a Test-standard wicket.
"But we gave it our best shot. All in all, when we sit back and think about the whole tour, it's been pretty successful."
Australian coach John Buchanan also had reservations.
"If you look at the quality of both sides, the quality of the batting, it does suggest there is something that needs to be investigated," he said.
"It's not for me to say it, but I dare say the ICC and authorities will have a close look and we could see some reports from the match referee and the umpires about the quality of the conditions that we experienced here."
