Given how the previous game went for them, the Australian team is unlikely to bring much intensity to the field this time around. The visitors tried their hardest to exploit the Nagpur pitch in the first Test, but India prevailed, in the end, courtesy of the spin of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
On Wednesday, curators at the Arun Jaitley Stadium were just as vigilant in protecting the 22-yard strip in the stadium’s centre, which will be the most important patch of ground for the next several days.
The Australian media, meanwhile, is back to scrutinizing the field conditions for the Delhi Test. On the other hand, curators would want to operate in isolation this time.
The second Test match for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy pits India against Australia. On Friday, February 17, the second Test match will commence at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. The last time Delhi hosted a Test match was in December 2017. India dominated the first Test, which was played at Nagpur’s Vidarbha Cricket Stadium, winning by innings and 132 runs.
In the days before up to the start of the second Test, curators at the Arun Jaitley Stadium tried to prohibit an Australian media reporter off the ground for reporting on the match. The stadium’s ground crew denied the media member’s request to film the field.
Considering the uproar that ensued when the curators of the series opener did the same thing in Nagpur, the topic has taken on added significance. Some reliable sources claim that the ground crew falsely accused the journalist while he was attempting to snap the images. The journalist was first restricted to a distance of 30 meters or more while taking photographs. But when the photographer sought to relocate back to the perimeter, the workers there refused his request.
The pitch is not as dangerous as it seems for batters, however. The Australian pitcher Mitchell Starc anticipates a sluggish and low playing field. He said that they had the impression from their recent training sessions that the pitch was similarly prepared. So far, it seems to be rather dry.
After suffering an embarrassing defeat in the series’ first game, the visitors are expected to use fresh strategies on Friday. Australia’s score was dismally low in both of their innings and they were bowled out in both (177 and 91). The Indian team, meanwhile, put on a spectacular show with the ball and the bat.
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Nagpur was much better than this , but Fox used all its tears on Nagpur only. https://t.co/ua1BfW0PAh
Advertisement— Vineet B Vinayak (@VineetVinayak07) February 15, 2023
Yeah.. finish 4 innings in a day.. that'll help the sport..
Aus tour was a memorable because the game kept swinging and went till the last day.
Aussies are clearly struggling with spin.. why can't u just make a flatter pitch and make it interesting for everyone. 🙄 https://t.co/LA2iFhbKWk— Sierra John Sierra Lima (@codename2401) February 15, 2023
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😂😂😂 https://t.co/CtMvRebdPy— Dr Chennakesava Kadapa (@chenna1985) February 15, 2023
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2-0 for @BCCI is written all over those cracks on the pitch! https://t.co/PztED4qNhH
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