Kanpur to welcome both teams with lower bounce and flatter pitch ahead of the second test here at the Green Park stadium.
Kanpur is going to be a completely different ball-game as both teams gear up for the second test.
Red soil will become black. Bounce and carry will be fleeting. And don’t expect a rank turner.
The Green Park pitch will be flatter in nature, with the bounce being lower and the surface getting slower as the Test progresses. In contrast to the true bounce that lasted for four days in the first Test in Chennai last week. This is a result of the pitch’s black-soil composition.
On the other hand, both teams’ seamers and spinners fetched good bounce on the Chepauk pitch. It was from the pitch being constructed using red dirt that was brought in from Mumbai two years prior. Both teams used three fast bowlers because of the bounce, which proved a major influence. The Chepauk surface featured enough bounce and turn for spinners, despite the relatively small degree of turn, as demonstrated by the Indian duo of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who combined for nine wickets in Bangladesh’s second innings.
Both sides’ selection strategies will undoubtedly change because to the Kanpur pitch’s slower pace. It is possible that a third spinner will take the position of the third seamer. This implies that Kuldeep Yadav or Axar Patel may have an opportunity to play for India.
In the meantime, Shakib Al Hasan, whose left index finger is already sore, is doubtful due to an injury sustained during the fourth day of batting, according to Bangladesh’s selector Hannan Sarkar, who made the announcement on Monday in Chennai. Bangladesh may substitute Taijul Islam for Nahid Rana, even if Shakib plays the Test as an all-round player. Nayeem Hasan, an offspinner, is another member of the visiting team. He only enters the game in the event that Shakib is unable to play. Bangladesh still prefers to start three spinners in their lineup.
In the absence of any surface gimmicks, batsmen can relax and potentially score big. Though bowlers will likely have a difficult time getting anything done. In the 2021 Test, Shreyas Iyer struck a century and a fifty on debut. Tom Latham put up a rare masterclass from an international batsman in defence against Indian spinners, scoring two half-centuries.