Indian off-spinner R Ashwin talked about how the Oval pitch might play in the upcoming ICC World Test Championship (WTC 2023) final against Australia which begins on June 7, 2023. He said that the pitch is expected to be a spicy one with some bounce in it.
The track is seemingly dry, there’s no rain forecast this week; there hasn’t been any rain in London for three weeks. Therefore, whether the surface will break up or not, remains to be seen as this will be the first Test match played at the Oval in June in its history of 143 years.
Before the all-important clash, India spinner R Ashwin got hold of The Oval pitch doctor whom he refers to as “Leez” and was involved in a sporting chat.
“We have got the pitch doctor from The Oval responsible for the surface. All right tell me what have you got in store?” Ashwin says in a video shared on his YouTube channel.
“Good Oval pitch,” says Leez.
“You always prepare good pitches but today some of our guys got hit on the practice pitches. It bounced a lot. So is it going to be similar?,” Ashwin asked, before quizzing: “Can we expect a nice and bouncy Brett Lee pitch?”
“It will be bouncy, that is one thing I can guarantee,” said Leez.
Here is the video:
