The pitch for the third Test between India and England has not been a surprising one with groundsmen shaving off all the grass that promised a lot to the England camp. With less than 24 hours left for the game to start, the surface looks dry from a distance and it will most certainly aid spinners.
There were talks about the curator may be leaving a 6mm long grass based on how it has been in the previous Day-Night Tests, but India could not afford to offer a green pitch to an England team that has James Anderson, Jofra Archer and Stuart Broad in the line-up.
India are considering playing three pacers and two spinners in a five-man bowling attack while England were thinking of playing three pacers and only spinner in the form of Jack Leach. However, with no to minimum grass left on the pitch a day before the game, Joe root will have serious dilemmas about the composition of the bowling attack.