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Eden wicket will assist batsmen: Ganguly
Kolkata: Former India captain and presently Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) joint secretary Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said the pitch at the Eden Gardens which will host the third T20 International between India and South Africa will be “batting friendly.”
“It is a good wicket, a batting friendly one,” Ganguly told reporters here on Tuesday.
Asked if spinners would prove decisive on the wicket, the 43-year-old was quick to rretort: “Why are you asking me now? The series is done and dusted.”
Ganguly was seen conversing with head pitch curator Prabir Mukherjee in the evening and walked around the field with other CAB officials to see how arrangements were being made.
Later Mukherjee too echoed the same sentiments as Ganguly’s, saying the wicket will favour the willowers.
“Definitely, it will favour the batsmen. It also depends on the weather. If it rains we are equipped to restart a match again,” Mukherjee said.
However, Eden is not likely to have a full crowd as the game is a dead rubber with the visitors claiming the first two matches in Dharamsala and Cuttack.
“You never know with Eden Gardens, but a packed stadium is unlikely. We can still expect 40,000 to 45,000 fans,” a CAB senior official said.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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