After playing their first two games at the Sharjah Stadium, this was Royals’ first game in Dubai, which has a much bigger ground and longer boundaries comparatively. Asked about if practising on the smaller ground such as Sharjah affected their adjustment to Dubai, Uthappa denied it saying that they played their practice matches at bigger grounds. He added that as their team plays more games in Dubai, they will get better suited to it.
On his skipper Steve Smith’s decision to bowl first, Uthappa said that coming from a big win chasing the target, there was a lot of confidence in the team. “We felt that this wicket will play well and in the last few games at Dubai, teams batting second have been able to chase down big scores,” said the 34-year-old adding that batsmen could have taken time before taking the attack to the opposition.
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