Back to the basics: is India returning to the prototype pitches of the early 2000s?Premium
The Hindu
Both under Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, India mostly played on spin-friendly wickets at home. But going by the decks rolled out for the two Tests against the West Indies, and the utterances by captain Shubman Gill, there appears to be a reset. The two-Test series against the visiting South Africans in November will offer more definitive cues.
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