What shall be ICC pitch marketing consultant Andy Atkinson’s future was a query floating round because the burly New Zealander was nowhere to be seen throughout pitch preparation 48 hours forward of the World Cup closing between India and Australia right here.
It has been learnt that Atkinson has arrived in Ahmedabad Friday afternoon and he’ll be part of the preparations tomorrow.
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“Andy hasn’t gone again residence. He has include ICC delegation immediately afternoon and therefore did not come to the bottom. He shall be accessible tomorrow to verify on the preparation of the monitor,” an ICC supply advised PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
Atkinson is not precisely a favorite with the BCCI brass after he accused the host nation of adjusting monitor for the semifinal between India and New Zealand from a contemporary to a used one.
Nevertheless, the ICC later despatched a clarification that there is no such thing as a such rule of holding knockout matches on a contemporary monitor and Atkinson was apprised of the event prematurely.
On Friday, the 2 senior BCCI’s chief of floor employees Ashish Bhowmick and his second in command Taposh Chatterjee, together with former India seamer and BCCI’s GM (Home Cricket) Abey Kuruvilla, intently monitored the pitch preparations for the mega closing on Sunday.
It could not be confirmed if the monitor for use for the ultimate is a used one or a contemporary floor. However the two senior curators and BCCI GM monitored the usage of heavy curler on the designated 22-yard strip.
“If heavy curler is getting used on a black soil strip then the thought is to create a gradual batting monitor the place you may get an enormous rating however you presumably cannot persistently hit via the road. 315 might be a defendable rating as batting second shall be troublesome,” a state affiliation curator defined.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, together with first staff regulars Okay.L. Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja, had an in depth web session, with reserve gamers Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin and Prasidh Krishna for firm.
As has been the customized, Rohit and Dravid spent a substantial period of time wanting on the monitor and likewise had in depth discussions with Bhowmick and Chatterjee.