linkIndia fret over cricket pitch ahead of Test series
NEW DELHI: India host West Indies in the opener of their three–match cricket series tomorrow with doubts over the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium pitch, which will be hosting a Test for the first time since serving an international ban.
Kotla was handed a one–year ban after an India vs Sri Lanka one–dayer was abandoned in 2009 because of a dangerous pitch and although a few limited–overs matches have been played since the suspension ended, the rigours of a five–day match will provide a sterner test of the surface’s credentials.
Delhi and District Cricket Assoc-iation officials have been quoted in the local media as saying they could not get the “right mix” for the soil and were hoping the lack of bind would not result in a crumbling wicket.
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