India vs England, 1st Test: Chennai pitch prone to be gradual regardless of grass

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Five pitches with “decent amount of grass” have been ready for the primary India-England Test that begins on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on February 5. The Indian workforce administration will decide the one it deems appropriate for the Test and determine on how a lot grass will probably be left on the floor.
The MA Chidambaram Stadium has not hosted aggressive cricket for the reason that begin of the lockdown in March final yr and all eyes are on how the floor would behave.
Incidentally, the final Test match to be performed on the venue was between the identical groups over 4 years in the past, in December 2016. India racked up 759/7 wickets with Karun Nair scoring an unbeaten 303 and KL Rahul scoring 199. India went on to win the Test — 1,443 runs had been scored and 27 wickets had been captured within the match — by an innings and 75 runs.
The 2008 Test in Chennai noticed India efficiently chase 387 within the fourth innings and win the Test by six wickets.
The floor for the upcoming first Test — the second Test may also be performed right here — is as soon as once more prone to be batting-friendly however it could be gradual in nature.

The largest change for India will probably be that they might be in a unique zone. Australia pitches had been bouncy, flat, and good for batting. But the wickets in India, in Chennai for instance, will probably be gradual in nature.
“The only difference is that the Chennai wicket has more grass than what it had in the past. Because of Covid-19, there was no cricket and the wicket is going to be fresh with grass,” stated a supply.
“However, grass on the surface doesn’t mean that the ball will seam. It can also turn out to be slow since there has been no cricket for long. Grass is naturally there because there has been no cricket for 9-10 months,” he added.
Overall, India have gained 5 of the 9 matches whereas England have gained three. One of the matches has ended as a draw. England’s final of the three wins got here in 1985. Since then India have gained all of the three video games between them.
India’s final defeat in Chennai got here approach again in 1999 towards Pakistan, a sport they misplaced by a detailed margin of 12 runs.