Making pitches to favour them is not at all the right way. Every home team does it and even Pakistan could've done it. We don't know the reality and India is the best to do it. Whatever the pitch might be, it is the performance from the player that needs to come out. Just look at Kane Williamson, he played his natural game and if he had done it in the fourth innings he could've suffered because the pitch varies. So, making pitch favour is not the way to boost confidence in players.
Yes I also think that the pitches is not the matter. If the player has ability so he can do its best on the wrong pitch too. His practice can make him perfect in his performance. Because practice makes man fit.
We can see the street players they don't have pitch like the national players have. But bowl really well because they are practicing daily or weekly basis. And I am sure if they(street players) can bowl in the street and have good practice so they can bowl well on the real pitch too.
The best quality of a good player is that he can play well in any situation. Pitch is not a major fact. It also cannot be completely ignored. If an Asian team goes to play in another continent, the effect of the pitch is naturally reflected. Even when they come to play in Asia, sometimes they also have big defeats. But if you play well overall, the pitch will not have much effect. That definitely depend on the skill of the players.
Actually, I do not agree that, however, the pitch is, any player can perform in any situation, especially in test cricket. Because test cricket is played for a long period of time. And it takes a lot of stamina. So it is very hard for even a great player to actually perform, consistently in test cricket, even in hostile situations.
And I certainly do not agree that bowlers would have been able to do very well in Pakistan with the tracks the Pakistan Cricket Board has prepared. After all, conditions matter a lot and it matters the most in test cricket. It does not matter that much in ODI and it is also almost non-existent in T-20.