Initially there was a bit of uneasiness in the Bangladeshi camp regarding the pitch for the second Test match, scheduled to be played at Green Park Stadium here from Friday. Two days before the start, when Bangladesh’s coach Chandika Hathurusingha spoke to the curator, he was informed that two pitches had been prepared for the game, one devoid of grass and the other with a tinge of green. That left Hathurusingha in a flux. But once Indian coach Gautam Gambhir inspected the square, he opted for the bald one, the mystery surrounding the strip was resolved.

Once the Indian team management made their choice, the ground staff removed even the semblance of grass from the main pitch and got it to the liking of the Indian team. BCCI curator Ashish Bhowmik and UCPA’s own Shiv Kumar supervised the final preparations as the Indian team practiced in the nets on the pitches at the edge of the boundary.