India keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik reacted after his calls to trim and cut the grass on the pitch at the Oval on which the ICC World Test Championship (WTC 2023) final between India and Australia will be played, were heard.
India will play its second WTC final, this time against Australia which begins on June 7 and will be played till June 11, with June 12th being a reserve day.
The match will be played at the Oval in London, which is hosting its first Test match in June in 143 years of its history. Team India has played 14 Test matches at the venue, in which they have won two, lost three, and drew seven of them.
On the eve of the game, India star Dinesh Karthik, who will be commentating for the game, shared an image of the Oval pitch, the nature of which will ultimately decide the playing XI of the teams.
"The pitch is ready for the #WTCFinal! A little browner as the grass is 6mm today compared to 9mm yesterday. What would you choose if you win the toss?" Karthik wrote in a Twitter post.
"At this point, dk can be our hero if he secretly cut those damn grass off at night w a lawn mower. Ye kya garden bna diya hai inhonen pitch k naam p" a Twitter user wrote on that post.
To which, Karthik replied: "The resume is already heavy with many roles"
And then on the morning of the Test match, Karthik shared a video of groundstaff using lawnmowers to trim the grass of the pitch.
He tweeted: “Not lawn mowing but helping with lifting the grass so it’s cut well. Job done #CricketTwitter”
(ANI inputs)
