5 unanswered questions before the Bengaluru test

#1 What’s at stake for India in Bengaluru?

Kohli’s team will be itching to turn things around in the second Test

After the pitch in Pune came under instant criticism, the spotlight would be on the 22 yard-strip at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Owing to the fact that the Indian batsmen were hounded by O’Keefe’s quickish deliveries in Pune, the Chinnaswamy track is likely to be prepared on the slower side.

There is no denying that if the result goes in favour of the visitors for the second time in a row, the curator is the one who would be condemned by the fans on the next day. So keeping that in his mind, curator Sriram took a cautious approach by not revealing the nature of the track on Tuesday. “No I can’t speak on this,” replied the curator of the Bengaluru pitch.

In the first Test, although the pitch made life difficult for the Indian batsmen, there is no excuse for the team’s sloppiness on the field. The Aussie captain Steve Smith was dropped thrice in the second innings with two being regulation chances.

The use of the DRS was inefficient as they wasted all four of the reviews while fielding and had only one successful review while batting. Therefore, apart from the pitch in Bengaluru, the mistakes that India committed in the previous Test will also be keenly monitored when they step into the field on Saturday.