Fans can look forward to a run feast when India takes on Pakistan
in the fourth cricket one-dayer here with the pitch curator promising a high-scoring
game.
Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association's Chief curator Samundar Singh Chauhan
said he has prepared a perfect batting wicket for the match and any score around
280 would be chaseable.
"It's a perfect batting track because I believe people want to watch exciting
and high-scoring matches," he said.
"The wicket will not deteriorate much and any score around 280 will not
be difficult to chase," he said adding "there will be little role
for spinners in the match." India lead the ODI series 2-1
and a win here would seal it in their favour before the fifth and final match
at Jaipur.
Tinge of green was visible on the pitch at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium but
Chauhan said with two days remaining for the day-night affair, the grass will
be pruned.
"There is light grass on the surface but we are rolling it down to turn
it into brown. Actually, we do not want sideways movement otherwise the match
will be a low-scoring one." "The temperature during the day is 33-34
degrees while in the night it dips to 12-13 degrees. So there is a possibility
of heavy dew. We have chemical spray but it is not of very good quality. We
are trying to get a better machine from Delhi by tomorrow," he said.
India have won six out of the eight matches it has played here. The defeats
include a 73-run loss to the West Indies in 1988 and 69-run defeat at
the hands of minnows Kenya in 1998.
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