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India vs Sri Lanka Test : Indian cricket team is on tour to Sri Lanka these days. Here Team India has to play a series of 2 test matches. This series is going to start from 15th August. This test series will end on 27th August. Both India and Sri Lanka have announced their respective squads for this series. Shubman Gill has been given the captaincy of India in this series, while the command of Sri Lankan cricket team is in the hands of Dhananjaya de Silva.

The first Test match between India and Sri Lanka is going to be played at Galle International Cricket Stadium from 15-19 August. Now only 1 day is left for the start of this match. The match will start on 15th August at 10 am. Before that a controversy seems to be brewing. This has raised some questions in the minds of cricket fans before the India-Sri Lanka Test match.

Actually, the pitch on which India and Sri Lanka are going to play the first test match. India's head coach Gautam Gambhir and batting coach Sitanshu Kotak arrived to inspect that pitch. At that time the pitch was covered with covers. The covers were removed from the pitch after asking the pitch curator. After this Gambhir and Kotak saw the pitch. After this, after some time, many changes have come to light in this pitch.

Today Indian captain Shubman Gill arrived with head coach Gautam Gambhir to inspect the pitch. The pitch looked completely different then. According to various media reports, the grass was removed from the pitch about 2 hours after Gambhir and Kotak left. After this a soft roller was run on it. Now that pitch has completely changed. Questions are being raised regarding this. In such a situation, today we are going to tell you about the entire process of preparing the pitch before the match, so that you will know how the pitch is prepared before the match.

How is the pitch prepared before the match?

A lot of hard work goes into preparing the pitch before a cricket match. Especially when it comes to Test cricket. Test matches are played for 5 days. In such a situation, many important things are taken care of regarding the pitch. In preparing this pitch, the entire process is followed from cutting the grass to rolling it. Let us know about it step by step.

1 – Selection of pitch and soil

Before preparing the pitch before a cricket match, you have to select the pitch and soil. Because there are different pitches in every match, out of which there are red and black soil pitches. Before preparing the pitch for the match, it has to be decided on which pitch the match is to be played.

2 – Leveling the pitch

There are many pitches on cricket grounds on which matches have not been played for a long time. If those pitches are slightly broken, or there are more cracks and more or less soil at some places, then first of all the soil is leveled there. This is done so that there is not much ups and downs in the surface before the match.

3 – Control over grass growth

Competitions take place in cricket stadiums every now and then. In such a situation, it is completely fine if matches are held on multiple pitches. In such a situation, there are some pitches on which no match has been played for a long time. In such a situation, a large amount of grass grows on them. To prepare the pitch before a cricket match, groundsmen grow grass on the pitch.

4 – Watering the pitch

In any cricket stadium, the pitches present on the ground are watered. The pitch is watered before a cricket match. This is done with the intention of preparing the pitch for the match. The pitch is watered as per requirement. Water helps in maintaining moisture in the soil. However, the amount of water is carefully controlled before the match, so that there is no problem on the pitch during the match.

5 – Rolling of pitch

After this the pitch is rolled. Rolling on the pitch is an important part of the process of preparing the pitch for a match. The pitch is rolled several times with a heavy roller. Due to this, the soil particles sit well together and the surface becomes strong and compact. Along with this, sometimes there is also a process of running light and heavy rollers before the match.

6 – Mowing and cleaning grass

Cutting of grass plays the most important role in preparing the pitch before a cricket match. It becomes very important how much grass is to be kept on the pitch and how much is not to be kept. Because absence of grass helps spinners, whereas presence of grass helps fast bowlers. The pitch grass is cut with a special machine. The excess grass and soil around the wicket is cleaned. Groundsmen check the moisture, hardness and surface condition of the pitch. The final rolling or watering decision is taken depending on the weather and pitch conditions.

8 – Crease marking on the pitch

When the pitch is almost completely ready for the cricket match. Then to give it the final shape, the white lines of popping crease, bowling crease and return crease are made according to the correct measurements. Different colors are used to match the lines on some pitches.

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