According to sources, the team management got involved in the preparation of the pitch and it wasn’t watered at all ahead of the second Test, also played in Chennai.
“Similar thing has happened here. The wicket has been prepared under the supervision of the Indian team management. What they did was that they kept the pitch, especially the area around the batsman dry for spinners. It was a day or two before the start of the Test that some water given put on those areas just to settle it,” said a source close to the development.
Of the 30 wickets falling in the three completed innings, 28 went to spinners. In the last 72 years, only on two occasions have England fallen for a lower total than 112 after winning the toss and electing to bat.
The second Test pitch survived scrutiny as Rohit Sharma played a blinder and Ravichandran Ashwin scored a century as well.
But it will be interesting to see the rating that match referee here in Ahmedabad, former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath, gives…