Mohali, Nov 1 (IANS) Fans can look forward to a run feast in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia here Monday.
The first two ODIs in Vadodara and Nagpur were high scoring matches, but the third match at Ferozeshah Kotla was a low scoring affair on a slow track.

Chief curator of the Indian cricket board Daljeet Singh said that the match here at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium would be a good batting track.

Dajleet said the game would be played on the central wicket, that was used for the Corporate Trophy and the J.P. Atray Tournament.

“In both tournaments, the side batting second chased 300 runs. As a curator, I always want to keep my mouth shut and not predict the number of runs that would be scored on a match day. But in the last ODI here, Pakistan chased more than 300 runs to beat India. These are some indications of how the surface will behave tomorrow,” said Daljeet.

Daljeet, who was criticized for preparing a slow track in Delhi, said he had deliberately kept some grass on the Mohali wicket so that the side batting second gets a fair chance to chase a big total.

“I would brown the grass with hot rollers so that the ball does not keep low in the second innings. The ball won’t seam much as the game progresses but will skid. It will assist both bastmen and the fast bowlers,” he said.

The curator, however, cautioned that teams would have to counter the heavy dew in the night.

“During the Champions League Twenty20 matches we were using ropes and other measures after the fall of every wicket to wipe out the dew. Roshan Mahanama was the Match Referee then. But Chris Broad who is the match referee for this match won’t allow that after the fall of every wicket. We will only get the break to wipe out the dew with the help of Super Soppers and spray,” said Daljeet.

The APSA-80 spray, which is manufactured by Amway, is being used at the PCA Stadium since the Champion Trophy in 2006. But Daljeet feels that the spray will have limited affect.