“In fact, last Ranji game over here in January, Railways scored 500 plus (508) batting first and Gujarat, although had innings defeat, scored 200 plus in both innings. It won’t be too different this time,” the GCA source said.
Ahmedabad Pitch:
- Soil: Black soil aiding spin
- Average first innings score: 338
- Average 2nd innings score: 337
- Average 4th innings score: 147
- Last Test: India vs England – India won by an innings and 25 runs
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But with Rohit Sharma making it clear that they won’t change the template of spin-heavy pitches, it is unlikely to be a batting heaven. Instead, when the BCCI curators Taposh Chatterjee and Ashish Bhowmick take over, the remaining grass will be rolled over for a rough black soil surface to emerge.
“Obviously, last few days, the BCCI’s grounds and pitches committee instruct the local curator. But certainly, from our end, our endeavour is to produce a good Test match pitch,” the official said.
The last time, India played a Test at the venue, Axar Patel stole the show and wrapped up England within two days. But the GCA is ruling out such a scenario agains against the Aussies.
“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,” he added.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
Australia Squad: Pat Cummins (C, Unlikely), Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson, Matt Renshaw, Scott Boland, Lance Morris
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