ICC ODI World Cup 2023: It has been used earlier than, seems to be like a reasonably good wicket; says Australia skipper Pat Cummins

Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed that Sunday’s World Cup ultimate towards India will probably be performed on a ‘used surface’.

As reported by Sportstar earlier, the black soil pitch that was used for India’s sport towards Pakistan final month will probably be continued with, and addressing the media on the eve of the marquee conflict, Cummins referred to it as a ‘pretty good wicket’.

“I am not a great pitch reader, but it looked pretty firm. They have only just watered it, so yeah, (we will) give it another 24 hours and have a look. But it looks like a pretty good wicket,” Cummins stated, “Yes (It has been used before). I think Pakistan played there,” he stated.

The earlier 4 video games – apart from the one between India and Pakistan – on the Narendra Modi Stadium have seen groups breaching the 240-run mark, and Cummins is bracing up for a high-scoring outing.

“It’s hard to know. I think it’s been a bit more high scoring here throughout the tournament. Yeah, it’s been a pretty good wicket, so yeah, it’s hard to say (how it will play out),” Cummins stated.

Over the previous few days, the pitch has been the speaking level after stories claimed that India’s semifinal fixture in Mumbai was switched to a used pitch, with out conserving ICC’s unbiased pitch advisor Andy Atkinson within the loop.

Though the ICC later despatched a clarification that there isn’t any rule for holding knock-out video games on used pitches and Atkinson was knowledgeable in regards to the improvement prematurely, the debates continued.

Atkinson, nevertheless, was again in Ahmedabad on Saturday morning and had a take a look at the floor, together with the BCCI and GCA curators Taposh Chatterjee and Jayesh Patel. As heavy rollers had been getting used, Atkinson had a prolonged dialogue together with his crew and the Indian curators.