Spin is expected to play a role in the second Test between India and Australia, but the head curator of Adelaide Oval, Damian Hough, has also promised a 6mm grass cover to ensure that the ball doesn't wear out early during the day-night game here.
Hough said the grass will assist the pacers early on with the spinners coming into play as the match progresses.
"History suggests that it is difficult to bat under lights in Adelaide. The grass will be 6mm at the pitch. We are trying to let all facets of the game shine at some stage during the game," Hough said ahead of the start of the second Test on Friday.
"What we are trying to do is to have a coarse mat grass-thatchy type of grass, dry, hard. And the reason why we do that is that we want to try and get as much pace and bounce out of the pitch as what we can get for us, for Adelaide, which has lower clay content," he added.
The four-day opening Perth Test that India won by a record 295 runs had batsmen finding the going easier as the game went along. Hough is expecting much the same for the pink-ball game.
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