Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report For India A Vs India B Duleep Trophy Match

Chinnaswamy Stadium set to host first match of Duleep Trophy [x] Chinnaswamy Stadium set to host first match of Duleep Trophy [x]

The stage is set for for riveting battles as the Duleep Trophy 2024 is all set to go underway from September 5.

Four teams - India A, India B, India C, and India D, will fight it out for the coveted trophy. There will be 6 round-robin games, and there won't be any knockout matches to decide the champions. Three venues have been selected for the competition - M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru and two ground in Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh.

The first game of the competition will take place between Shubman Gill's India A and Abhimanyu Easwaran's India B at the iconic Chinnaswamy Stadium. Ahead of this battle, let us look at the Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch report.

Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report: Balanced surface on offer

BCCI, the richest cricket board, in recent times have kept an eye on how the pitches behave in domestic circuit, and as a result, the pitch at the Chinnaswamy Stadium will be a sporting one for the opening contest.

Generally, in Test cricket, Chinnaswamy Stadium has always been a productive wicket for both batters and bowlers. The last time this venue hosted a Test match, it was between India and Sri Lanka in 2022.

While India scored nearly 550 runs (combined 1st and 2nd innings), Sri Lanka struggled to get the runs on the board and lost the match by 238 runs.

Before that, India hosted Afghanistan in 2018, and the home team scored 474 runs in their first innings. However, the bowlers had something on offer for them. Team India are set to travel to Australia in the month of November, and judging by the pitches there, the curator is expected to make a spicier wicket, with focus on balanced game of cricket.

Expect the pace bowlers to utilise the moisture early morning on the first two days, and then the spinners to come into play from Day 3. With two quality sides on offer, expect some runs on the board as well.

Duleep Trophy Squads For India A, and India B

Team A: Shubman Gill (C), Mayank Agarwal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, KL Rahul, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat.

Team B: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy*, Washington Sundar, Mohd Siraj, Yash Dayal, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK).