The newly rolled Fatullah track, which used to be a batting paradise, has taken Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha and captain Mushfiqur Rahim by surprise a day before the start of the one-off Test against India.
Published : 09 Jun 2015, 04:50 PM
Hathurusingha, who has been involved with cricket for over two decades, claims he has never seen such a track before.
“The wicket is hard to predict because I haven’t seen such track before. The surface of the wicket has a lot of trimmed grass - it's unnatural. Because either a wicket has a lot of grass or none at all,” the Sri Lankan said in a press conference after Tuesday’s practice.
Hathurusingha came to Bangladesh as Canada’s coach during the 2011 World Cup. His side had played a warm-up against England in Fatullah then.
The Test against India that starts on Wednesday will officially be his first match at Fatullah as Bangladesh coach. His awe may not come as a surprise but even Mushfiq is having difficulties in reading the pitch.