BCCI pitch committee opts for flat pitches
The pitch committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has asked the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to prepare a flat pitch helpful to batsmen for the first Test between India and Australia to be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from
01-Feb-2001
The pitch committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has asked
the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to prepare a flat pitch helpful to
batsmen for the first Test between India and Australia to be held at
Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from February 27 to March 3.
The decision to prepare a batsmen friendly pitch was taken after BCCI pitch
committee members Kasturi Rangan and Dhiraj Parsana discussed the issue
with the selection committee chairman Chandu Borde and India's first
foreign coach John Wright of New Zealand last week, according to an MCA
official in Mumbai on Thursday.
Though the Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly has asked for turning tracks, the
BCCI is bent upon preparing flat pitches for the three Test matches with a
view to counter the visitors' supremacy in both pace and spin departments,
the official added.
The board has also decided not to involve Ganguly while selecting the type
of pitches. Only Wright and Borde will decide on this matter and convey
their decision to the curators as to what kind of wickets should be prepared.