What Is The Condition Of The Pitch? Can Virat Score A Century? Rohit And Dravid’s Long Conversation With The Pitch Curator Before The Semis: The ICC T20 World Cup semi-final matches have started. The first semi-final match will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In the first semi-final, Group One champions New Zealand will face Group Two runners-up Pakistan.
India will enter their semi-final match on November 10. England will be India’s opponent in the match to be held in Adelaide.
Before the England-India semi-final, the Indian team reached Adelaide and assessed the nature of the pitch, etc.
Adelaide is a batters-friendly pitch. Adelaide is one of the lucky grounds of Virat Kohli, the former Indian captain and one of the pillars of India’s batting.
India played against Bangladesh in the Super 12 match in Adelaide. Virat Kohli was the top scorer and man of the match for the Indian team in the match which India won by five runs. Virat scored an unbeaten 64 off 44 balls.
With many of the Super 12 matches being played in Adelaide, the fact that the India-England match will be staged will never be on a fresh pitch for some batsmen.
Despite the pitch helping the batsmen, the team batting first has crossed 150 runs only six times in the 12 Super 12 matches. Now it is attributed to the constant climate changes in Australia.
It was in this situation that captain Rohit and Rahul Dravid spoke to the curator. It is believed that they spoke to the curator to get an accurate understanding of the pitch.
During India’s optional practice session before the semis, Rohit and Dravid would inspect the central strip and then have a long chat with the curator.
With the video of the incident going viral, the fans are impatient to know the condition of the pitch. Fans are asking what is the condition of the pitch and whether Virat and Suryakumar will be able to smash it.
If they beat England in the semi-final match in Adelaide, India will take one step closer to the dream of a second title.
India Squad:
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, R. Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal
England Squad:
Alex Hales, David Malan, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Liam Dawson, Liam Livingston, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Jos Buttler (captain, wicketkeeper), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, David Willie, Luke Wood, Mark Wood, Richard Gleeson, Tymal Mills
