Its Feroz Shah Kotla for the third ODI, two cricket giants will face other, both the teams will be aware of the Kotla pitch.
As in Champion league the score of 120runs looked huge. Australian captain Ricky ponting said "I think it will be low and slow as we saw through the Champions League. Pretty hard for the batsmen to score," he further added "Spinners will play a big role no doubt, but if the fast bowlers bowl well, they are going to be the hardest ones to score off," Rotating the strike against spinners might be a bit easier than against the faster bowlers."
But the Vijay Bahadur Mishra the Kotla curator say different story according to him "We have been watering it and rolling it repeatedly to make the top layer firm," he said. "We left it uncovered last night too. The idea was to let it absorb as much dew as possible.
"What we have got here is a wicket somewhat like the ones at Sharjah, not fast and bouncy but firm.
31st October 2009
3rd ODI India v Australia
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Squad for Third ODI for Australia
RT Ponting(C), MEK Hussey, DE Bollinger, NM Hauritz, MC Henriques, BW Hilfenhaus, JM Holland, JR Hopes, MG Johnson, B Lee, GA Manou(Wk), SE Marsh, PM Siddle, AC Voges, SR Watson, CL White
Squad for Third ODI for India
MS Dhoni (C), G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, P Kumar, A Mishra, A Nehra, MM Patel, SK Raina, V Sehwag, I Sharma, SR Tendulkar, S Tyagi, Yuvraj Singh