‘This is Australia, this is Perth…’: Bouncy pitch awaits India for first Test | Cricket News

A fast and pacey pitch awaits for India at the Optus Stadium in Perth, where they will start their five-match Test series of the ongoing Australian tour.
The first Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Test series will start from November 22 and the drop-in pitch for series-opener has been moved into the Optus Stadium.
“This is Australia, this is Perth…” West Australia Cricket head curator Isaac McDonald was quoted ESPNcricinfo.
“I’m setting ourselves up for really good pace, really good bounce and really good carry.”
The curator feels the pitch is getting back its original – famously quick and bouncy – characterics, and expects this track to behave similar to the one used against Pakan last year.
“In a perfect world, I want to emulate last year,” he said.
McDonald reveals he is planning to leave Ten millimetres of grass.
“It’s (10 mm) a good starting point,” he said.
“Ten millimetres was pretty comfortable with the conditions that we had last year and that held the conditions together nicely for the first few days. Live grass on the pitch is speed.
“Both bowling units were pretty rapid last year and hoping for much the same this year. But, as we saw last year, good batters were able to take the game on and put away balls and score runs quickly.”
Schedule
First Test: November 22-26: Perth Stadium
Second Test: December 6-10: Adelaide Oval
Third Test: December 14-18: The Gabba, Brisbane
Fourth Test: December 26-30: MCG, Melbourne
Fifth Test: January 3-7: SCG, Sydney