New Delhi, December 27: Even the legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was confused how the newly-laid Ferozeshah Kotla track, which he described as a “hair transplant pitch”, would behave during the fifth one-dayer here today.
In his pitch report, Gavaskar had pointed out that it would be a tricky strip to bat on and had said that batsmen had to be watchful in the first half-hour.
“It’s a hair transplant pitch with bald patches and some patches of grass. Batsmen have to watch out. I am not sure about it. Looks like a batting first pitch. Difficult to predict what it will do,” he had said.
The former Test great said it was not safe for batsmen to continue batting on the unfriendly track, which had uneven bounce.
“There were tufts of grass on the pitch. Playing (there) was dangerous and physical safety of the players is important.
–PTI