Rohit Sharma (R) and fielding coach T Dilip test the pitch throughout a follow session in Ahmedabad.© AFP
The Worldwide Cricket Council’s (ICC) head pitch curator Andy Atkinson will oversee the preparations for Sunday’s Cricket World Cup ultimate between India and Australia, based on Press Belief of India (PTI). The information company had initially reported BCCI’s curators are overseeing the pitch preparations with Atkinson leaving India. Nonetheless, PTI then stated that Atkinson will be a part of BCCI’s curators on the eve of the Cricket World Cup ultimate. Atkinson, based on stories, had accused that the pitch for the semi-final between India and New Zealand was modified from a ‘recent’ to a used one.
“On Friday, the 2 senior BCCI’s chief of floor workers Ashish Bhowmick and his second in command Taposh Chatterjee, together with former India seamer and BCCI’s GM (Home Cricket) Abbey Kuruvilla, carefully monitored the pitch preparations for the mega ultimate on Sunday,” PTI reported on Friday.
The report additionally prompt {that a} sluggish observe is being ready for the ultimate with the usage of a heavy curler, and the group batting first may need an edge over the opposite. Nonetheless, the report did not specify whether or not the pitch will a used one or a recent floor.
“If heavy curler is getting used on a black soil strip then the concept is to create a sluggish batting observe the place you may get an enormous rating however you presumably cannot constantly hit by means of the road. 315 may very well be a defendable rating as batting second will likely be tough,” a state affiliation curator was quoted as saying by PTI.
A number of Indian gamers, together with captain Rohit Sharma, had an intensive web session. Rohit was additionally seen having some chat with the curators on the world’s largest cricket stadium.
With PTI inputs
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