New Delhi, Dec 2: The 22-yard strip at Feroz Shah Kotla will be the cynosure of all eyes as a buoyant India eye their biggest series win against South Africa when they square off in the final cricket Test of the four-match rubber starting here Thursday.
Having taken an unassailable 2-0 lead, India will be looking for another facile victory against the Proteas, which will propel them to the second position in the ICC Test rankings.
However, with the Jamtha pitch at BCCI president Shashank Manohar’s hometown Nagpur incurring the wrath of ICC match referee Jeff Crowe, who rated it as sub-standard, the focus will be firmly on the pitch at the national capital.
While the Feroz Shah Kotla track is not expected to be a rank turner, the primary character of the pitch has been of low and slow nature, which is unlikely to change.
India’s spin troika have so far accounted for 47 out of the 50 South African wickets in the five completed innings across three Tests.
