Parsana gives what he didn’t get — sporting pitch

But it’s still early days the team is expected on the ground only on Wednesday. Wickets have changed colours overnight but curator Dhiraj Parsana says he has not received any instructions to change surface nor does he seem to be in mood to entertain any such request.

The pitch comes as a turnaround from the Chotelal special at Kanpur. The Green Revolution can be understood if one unmasks Parsana. A former left-armpaceman, who played two Test matches against the West Indies, he is on the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s pitch committee.

Parsana, after bowling on a lifeless tracks all through his career, can give a first hand account of the back breaking effort a bowler has to suffer on home turf. His way of contributing to his flock is by providing them a green “sporting” carpet. “It’s time fast bowlers got a level playing field,” he said.

Defining `sporting’, Parsana says, “Early in the day, it will help the pacer bowlers and later, spinners. Mid-way through the Test, it will develop a slow turn.”

Completely ruling out the crumbling or opening of cracks he said, “The pitch is made by a combination of three soils — red, black, yellow. It will hold all five days.”