13th venue of this season, this is the maximum for any season. Traditionally, a very high-scoring venue and when you look at the dimensions you will figure out why. 63 meters on one side, 60 meters on the other, straight down is 73 meters and the shortest pocket is behind the stumps - 54 meters. Average score in the last season (2 matches) was 199 but this particular pitch was not used. This looks like the other pitches around the square. It is a black soil pitch, it will hold nicely. As it is the first game of the season here, the curator must have had a long time time to prepare this track and I'm sure that this is going to be a surface on which a lot of runs are going to be scored tonight. Looking at the pitch you can see a few cracks but it plays much better than it looks, it is going to play much better for the batters. In the last season, both the games were won by the teams batting first. The sides prefer to bat first and put the runs on the board because when you're chasing you're always under pressure. But, there has been an exception in the T20 played between India and Australia. Australia chased a huge score in the last over. So, it doesn't matter when you bat, there are a lot of runs to be had. Plenty of runs and a high-scoring game is what we are expecting but are you brave enough to bat first?
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