Seams a good pitch!
Updated On: 15 February, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Rajkot | G Krishnan
England skipper Ben Stokes rates Rajkot strip for third Test highly; believes bringing in extra seamer in Mark Wood will be key to their chances of victory
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England skipper Ben Stokes (left) and coach Brendon McCullum check the strip in Rajkot yesterday. Pic/AFP; (right) England’s Mark Wood during a net session in Rajkot on Tuesday. Pic/Getty Images
India head coach Rahul Dravid spent 25 minutes studying the pitch here on Wednesday morning before his team’s training session. England coach Brendon McCullum walked towards the pitch with selector Luke Wright and performance analyst Rupert Lewis, had a look at it and then summoned captain Ben Stokes. The four of them, after looking at the surface for only about seven minutes, went back to the change room to finalise the playing XI.
For the first time in this series, they will play with two seamers. Mark Wood coming in for off-spinner Shoaib Bashir is the only change to the XI that lost the second Test.
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