Adelaide curator Damien Hough has promised a lush green pitch for the first Test between India and Australia which starts on Thursday.
“We won’t do anything differently,” Hough told The Weekend Australian. “The preparation will be the same. The only difference is we get the covers off earlier and we start earlier.
“We do the same preparation for red-ball cricket and pink-ball cricket at Shield level. The best way to get an even contest is to leave some grass on there and get that balance between bat and ball.
A green top will be helpful for the home side’s pace battery of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins but India too boast a well-rounded fast bowling attack, with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma.
