MUMBAI: Going through the prospect of a 3-Zero collection sweep by New Zealand at house, will probably be intriguing to see what sort of pitch India prepares for the third and remaining Take a look at on the Wankhede Stadium from November 1.
The hosts have appeared susceptible to each seam in Bengaluru and spin in Pune.
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TOI has learnt that the pitch for the third Take a look at towards New Zealand is unlikely to be a rank turner, the kind that allowed Kiwi left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner to dismantle India’s batting line-up within the second Take a look at in Pune.
In that match, Santner took seven for 53 and 6 for 104, for a match haul of 13/157.
On Monday, BCCI‘s chief pitch curator Ashish Bhowmick, together with elite panel curator Taposh Chatterjee, met Wankhede curator Ramesh Mamunkar to overview the pitch.
“Will probably be a sporting observe. Proper now, there is a little bit of grass on the pitch. It is anticipated to be good for batting on Day 1 however ought to provide flip to spinners from Day 2,” a dependable supply informed TOI.
Within the final Take a look at at Wankhede in Dec 2021, India crushed New Zealand by 372 runs, bowling them out for 62 and 167 on a pitch that supplied spin help, whereas scoring 325 and 276 for seven declared.
Ravichandran Ashwin took a match haul of eight for 42, whereas New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel made historical past with figures of 10 for 119 within the first innings and 4 for 104 within the second, totalling 14 wickets for 223 runs.
