India will face South Africa on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata within the first Check of the two-match sequence in November. The enduring venue is all set to host a Check match for the primary time since India’s first-ever pink-ball contest in November 2019 towards Bangladesh.
The second Check between India and the West Indies was initially set to be hosted in Kolkata in October. Nevertheless, that sport has been shifted to the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the alteration alongside a slew of modifications within the 2024-25 residence season.
In response to the Cricket Affiliation of Bengal (CAB) brass, the BCCI’s resolution to swap India’s Assessments towards the West Indies and South Africa between Delhi and Kolkata is a kind of “compensation” for Eden Gardens, because it couldn’t host the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 remaining, which was shifted to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad resulting from antagonistic climate forecast in Kolkata.
The final two Check matches on the Eden Gardens – India versus Sri Lanka in 2017, and the one between India and Bangladesh in 2019, noticed the quick bowlers getting a good quantity of assist from the floor. Nevertheless, contemplating the standard of the South African seamers, India would possibly go for a spin-friendly observe to get some residence benefit.
“A superb observe with a good little bit of grass content material can be ready,” Eden curator Sujan Mukherjee informed The Telegraph on Tuesday, June 10.
“It was learnt that two of the center pitches can be readied for the Check. “The pitches is not going to be re-laid, however top-dressing the surfaces is necessary to boost the general pitch well being,” Mukherjee mentioned.
High-dressing a pitch entails the applying of a mix of sand and soil to the floor, which additionally results in higher grass cowl.
The Eden curator can also be assured of coping with the state of affairs if there are requests from the Indian group administration to arrange for a spin-friendly pitch.
The 22 yards apart, the Eden outfield may even be going by way of somewhat little bit of coring in order that it seems “much more lush inexperienced”, Mukherjee added.
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