INDORE: The Holkar Stadium pitch is bald as a cue ball at the extremities, and on this day there are two rather odd-looking rectangular patches around the left-hander’s off-stump at either end, as if two bar-code stamps have been abruptly yanked off at these places.
At one end a runny line of what can only be described as ‘reddish-soil-pitch-matter’ trails off from a good length area. There is some grass apparent through the middle, and on this sweltering Sunday afternoon, unexpected heat for this time of year, there is generous watering too.
