Australia captain Steve Smith said on Wednesday that he had not seen so much grass on any pitch in India before the grass on the Eden Gardens stadium. After losing 1-0 in the five-match series, Australia's team came here for the second match Thursday to equate the series against India. Eden's pitch has been covered due to the continuous rain in the last 48 hours. The cover was detached for a while on Wednesday, but shortly afterwards they were put on the wicket. Smith saw the pitch on Wednesday morning. When asked about this, he said, "There is some grass on it. The grass I have on the wicket, I have not seen any pitch in India in recent times. "Smith said that he would choose the last eleven after watching the wicket on Thursday morning.
Australia looks forward to to return to the Eden Gardens pitch against India in the second ODI on Thursday. Like the first ODI, there is a possibility of disruption due to rain in this match also. India will win the match and take a strong 2-0 lead in the series.
India had won by 26 runs in the first ODI against Duckworth-Lewis in rainy season in Chennai. There is no hope of change in the team, but if Captain Virat Kohli wants, then KL Rahul can get an opportunity instead of Manish Pandey.
The Australian team and Saourav Ganguly pleased to see the grass on the pitch of the Eden Gardens. A change is expected in the batting order in the team, instead of Hilton Cartwright Peter Handscomb can get a chance. In the first match, Cartwright, Marcus Stonis and Matthew Wade were unsuccessful in batting. The Australian team management will hope that Stonis and Wade will perform better in this match.
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