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Rohit Sharma has hinted that India could request a green pitch for the fourth Border-Gavaskar Test in Ahmedabad if they win the third Test in Indore and seal their place in the World Test Championship final. India, currently 2-0 up in the four-Test series, need one more win to confirm their place in the WTC final, which is set to be played at The Oval from June 7 to 11.
Australia are the other favourites to play the final, with Sri Lanka also in with an outside chance.
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India have prepared seamer-friendly home pitches in the past with an eye on preparing for major away tours. In the 2017-18 season, shortly before a tour of South Africa, they played on a greentop at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka – the seamers took 32 of the 35 wickets that fell in the Test match.
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If India do make it to The Oval for the marquee final starting on June 7, they are likely to have less than 10 days of preparation in the build up to the game with IPL 2023 running until May 28. The Ahmedabad Test then will be their realistic chance to simulate conditions as close as the ones they are likely to get in London. It’ll also necessitate a change of the team’s combination with one spinner likely replaced by a seam-bowling all-rounder, Shardul Thakur in the recent past, and potentially another with a third fast bowler.
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“There is definitely a possibility of that,” Rohit said on the eve of the Indore Test. “We have already spoken about it. We need to get the guys ready for it. The important one is Shardul Thakur, because he comes into the planning for us. We don’t know how ready he is since he has just gotten married. We don’t know how many overs he has bowled. But that thought process is definitely there. If we do what we do here and get the result we want, we might think of doing something different in Ahmedabad for sure.”
Who is the captain of Indian cricket team 2023?
As of January 2023, the team is ranked second in Tests, first in ODIs and first in T20Is by the ICC. Rohit Sharma is the current captain of the team in all formats; the head coach is Rahul Dravid.
