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Axar Patel and the pink ball felt new, but failing lights and English baggage were more familiar sights in Ahmedabad
Inside Indian cricket’s newest stadium, a tale as old as Test cricket itself unfolded as India took control of the third Test, bowling England out cheaply once more. England’s fear of the turning track came to the fore and India’s spinners again showed it is the straight ball that can prove most dangerous when there is turn on offer.
The first sign of novelty appeared before a ball had been bowled when Ram Nath Kovind, the president of India, inaugurated the refurbished facility that has a capacity of 110,000, and revealed that the ground would be called the Narendra Modi Stadium. Continue reading...