Less than six months after winning the Champions Trophy when they beat New Zealand in Dubai, India can expect vastly different conditions to what they encountered then. If slow and tired pitches were the norm then, a totally different challenge awaits India.
With this being peak summer in the UAE – the organisers have already pushed back the start timings by half-an-hour 6.30pm local time so that the temperature comes down to mid-30s – there are plenty of natural elements and conditions that India needs to overcome.
Primarily two challenges await them: the pitches in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and dew. Tony Hemming, who was the head curator from 2007 to 2017, overseeing the making of pitches in the ICC International Academy and the Dubai International Stadium says as much.
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