Dravid ‘happy’ with Eden pitch

Dravid was there for around 15 minutes and had a look at the designated strip along with BCCI’s head of grounds and pitches committee, Ashish Bhowmick, and local curator Sujan Mukherjee

The Indian team bus left for hotel from airport but head coach Rahul Dravid and his coaching staff took a detour to Eden Gardens on Friday to get a first-hand look of the track allocated for Sunday’s World Cup game against South Africa.

It’s a classic Dravid trait and in most cities, the head coach will find some time to get a feel of the 22-yard strip upon arrival. The entire outfield sans two tracks were under cover as the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) didn’t want to take a risk with forecast of unseasonal showers in next two days.

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Dravid was there for around 15 minutes and had a look at the designated strip along with BCCI’s head of grounds and pitches committee, Ashish Bhowmick, and local curator Sujan Mukherjee.

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“The head coach seemed satisfied with the track. We have produced good wickets at Eden. The bounce will be even and batters will get value for their shots. But bottomline is, one needs to play well. Sri Lanka got all out for 55. Was it a bad track?” CAB curator Mukherjee said.

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