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Shrivathsan S | TNN

Ranji Trophy: How Coimbatore curators pulled off miracle on-time start despite heavy overnight rain

Losing captain Unadkat praises groundsmen for getting venue ready on Day 4

CHENNAI: It was not too long ago that the Afghanistan-New Zealand Test at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground was washed out without a ball being bowled even when there was no rain for three days. The Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, the venue of the second India-Bangladesh Test, struggled to fit in two-and-a-half days of cricket despite the rain easing pretty early. But at the Sri Ramakrishna College Ground in Coimbatore, which is not an international venue, things are quite different.

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