Australia vs India 1st Test Pitch Report

Dixit Bhargav | 02/12/2018
Australia vs India 1st Test Pitch Report

Australia vs India 1st Test Pitch Report: Sportsrush presents before the pitch report for the first Test between Australia and India.

Going by the first look of the pitch for the first Test between Australia and India at Adelaide, it is all but clear that the match will be played on a green wicket. Pitch curator Damien Hough has promised to leave an extra tinge of grass on the pitch for the first Test to be played from December 6.

It is believed that the same will be done as Hough had left extra grass on the pitch to aid the pink ball. With the match being played with a red ball, a change doesn’t seem to be happening.

With India looking forward to register their maiden Test series win down under, seaming wickets is highly likely to aid their in-form fast bowlers, who have put on display impressive bowling spells in Test matches outside the sub-continent this year.

Australia vs India 1st Test Pitch Report

“We won’t do anything differently. The preparation will be the same. The only difference is we get the covers off earlier and we start earlier,” Hough told The Weekend Australian.

“We do the same preparation for red-ball cricket and pink-ball cricket at Shield level. The best way to get an even contest is to leave some grass on there and get that balance between bat and ball. Right now, we really feel that this is where it’s at for the pitch,” he added.

Having said that, an extra tinge of grass also has it in it to possess difficulties for the Indian batsmen for the opposition have a stellar pace attack in Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. If the Indian batsmen become successful in tackling the extra bounce and the seam movement caused due to the pitch, it will be of a great assistance for their bowlers.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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