Though the outfield of Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is lush green, the same cannot be said about the strip that is being prepared for the India versus New Zealand second and final Test, beginning Friday.

Ajinkya Rahane & Co were on the verge of victory in the Kanpur Test on Monday, but the slow and low Green Park wicket saw the match end in a draw on the fifth day.
Without a win on home turf in their first fixture of the ICC World Test Championship, India had to be content with four points along with the Kiwis (a win is worth 12 points while a tie is five). However, the hosts do not want a repeat of this in Mumbai and that’s one of the reasons the Wankhede pitch, which had a good amount of grass till Monday evening, saw it shaved off totally on Tuesday.