AHMEDABAD: There has been much debate about the pitches favouring India and the BCCI switching pitches to suit the home team. Head coach Rahul Dravid and the rest of the support staff have only added to the drama. Before every game, they have gone to the venue straight from the airport, while the rest of the team members have gone to the hotel.
Two days prior to the final, a dark strip at the Narendra Modi Stadium was on view. Does it mean a sluggish surface, especially in the first innings like it happened in the game against Pakistan? In that game the ball also kept a touch low, as the dismissal of Pakistan skipper Babar Azam — bowled by Mohammed Siraj — indicated.
