Coach Rahul Dravid headed straight to the Wankhede Stadium after the group checked into the resort.
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Three of the 4 Men’s World Cup matches on the Wankhede Stadium have seen a group batting first tally 350-plus. And the one time a sub-300 complete was witnessed, the chasing group gained the sport, due to Glenn Maxwell’s maverick innings.
With New Zealand but to play a recreation on the Wankhede Stadium in this World Cup version, the 22-yard strip on the Big W will actually be in focus. It didn’t come as a shock then that head coach Rahul Dravid and his two trusted lieutenants – batting coach Vikram Rathour and bowling coach Paras Mhambrey – headed straight to the Wankhede Stadium after the group checked right into a south Mumbai resort.
Dravid, Rathour and Mhambrey took an extended and laborious have a look at the pitch whereas the remainder of the squad took it straightforward. Interestingly, even earlier than New Zealand reached the stadium for a coaching session, the pitch had been coated. After persisting with the bottom authorities for a very long time, assistant coach James Foster was allowed to inspect the pitch.
The Hindu understands that the pitch that was used for Australia’s recreation in opposition to Afghanistan will be persevered with for the primary semifinal. It could consequence in a slowish pitch contemplating the floor has been used for a match solely final week.
Lockie Ferguson, the Kiwi pacer, didn’t learn an excessive amount of into the pitch and the situations.
“A lot of Indian grounds have been high scoring. But that’s just the nature of one-day cricket in this part of the world. But from our point of view, it’s trying to understand what the pitch will be like and try to read what a good score on it is because of course those big overs, 10 runs here, 10 runs there can cost you at the back-end of the innings,” Ferguson mentioned.
“From a bowling point of view we are trying to I guess shut down those big overs, try to understand what we think is a good total on the score. The pitch will be different again, that’s the joy of cricket. We play on a different pitch each time, so it’s hard to read two days out. We have got to adapt as quick as possible come Wednesday.”
