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WTC Final | The Oval Pitch Expected To Turn As India Regret Not Playing Ashwin in the Final


image-limxr6ofPitch at The Oval

The pitch at The Oval has been the talk of the town for the last few days and there were lot of speculations about its nature coming into the game. On Day 1, with overhead conditions, the pitch had lot of green grass on it and the pacers were expected to get some help. However, it turned out to be disguise as pacers found very little help and pitch turned out to be quite good for batting.

Now, coming into Day 2 with India's back against the wall, Nasser Hussain and Kumar Sangakkara feel that the pitch will help spinners as the game goes on.

Here is what the two greats of the game said,

"Another lovely day, light winds and it is nice and warm by English standards. This time yesterday, there were cloudy skies but today is bright. Yesterday, the pitch played tough in the first session with the sideways movement and some uneven bounce. You could be led astray seeing the grass cover, but this is how an Oval pitch generally is. When the ball has been hitting the bare patches, it is causing uneven bounce. The pitch is very dry underneath the grass, but the taller Australian ballers will cause the pitch to degrade quite a bit. We both expect the ball to be spinning by day 3 and 4," reckon Nasser Hussain and Kumar Sangakkara

The duo said that the pitch was tough in the first session of Day 1 for the batters with sideways movement and some uneven bounce. They also reckoned that the pitch is dry underneath the grass and feels that the tall Australian bowlers will get the pitch to degrade.