File picture of India captain Rohit Sharma.© AFP
What will probably be ICC pitch advisor Andy Atkinson’s future was a query floating round because the burly New Zealander was nowhere to be seen throughout pitch preparation 48 hours forward of the World Cup ultimate between India and Australia on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It has been learnt that Atkinson has arrived in Ahmedabad Friday afternoon and he’ll be a part of the preparations tomorrow. This comes after information company PTI had reported that Atkinson had left India forward of the ultimate.
“Andy hasn’t gone again residence. He has include ICC delegation in the present day afternoon and therefore did not come to the bottom. He will probably be obtainable tomorrow to test on the preparation of the monitor,” an ICC supply advised PTI on situations of anonymity.
Atkinson is not precisely a favorite with the BCCI brass after he accused the host nation of fixing monitor for the semi-final between India and New Zealand from a recent to a used one.
Nevertheless, the ICC later despatched a clarification that there isn’t any such rule of holding knock-out matches on a recent monitor and Atkinson was apprised of the event prematurely.
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.
It could not be confirmed if the monitor for use for the ultimate is a used one or a recent floor. However the two senior curators and BCCI GM monitored the usage of heavy curler on the designated 22-yard strip. “If heavy curler is getting used on a black soil strip then the thought is to create a gradual batting monitor the place you may get an enormous rating however you presumably cannot constantly hit by means of the road. 315 might be a defendable rating as batting second will probably be tough,” a state affiliation curator defined.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, together with first crew regulars KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja, had an intensive internet session, with reserve gamers Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna for firm.
As has been the customized, Rohit and Dravid spent a substantial period of time wanting on the monitor and in addition had in depth discussions with Bhowmick and Chatterjee.
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