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England captain Jos Buttler has described the Dharamshala outfield as “poor” and questioned whether or not it impacts the integrity of Tuesday’s World Cup match towards Bangladesh.
Considerations concerning the patchy, sand-based outfield, have meant England have barely educated on it earlier than the match.
Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott mentioned spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman was fortunate to flee severe damage after his knee dug into the bottom when sliding in a match on the similar venue on Saturday.
“You’ll need to be just a little bit good as fielders and just a little bit cautious, which is not one thing you wish to be if you end up taking part in on your nation,” Buttler advised BBC Sport.
“You wish to dive round and save each single run.”
Match officers inspected the floor on Sunday and match referee Javagal Srinath is known to haven’t any issues.
A Take a look at between Australia and India was because of be performed on the similar venue in March however was moved due to the outfield.
The entire space was relayed previous to that sport to enhance the drainage.
Requested if he was snug concerning the sport going forward, Buttler mentioned: “The powers that be are snug so…
“The one factor I might query is if you’re telling gamers to not dive and stuff, does that query the integrity of the sport actually, as a result of that’s what you need to have the ability to do.
“Worse-case situation is one thing unhealthy occurs however fingers crossed that does not occur for each groups.”
The match is essential for defending champions England, following their heavy defeat by New Zealand within the event opener.
They sit backside of the desk within the 10-team group stage.
“We all know we did not play in addition to we will within the final sport and we’re determined to place that proper, each individually and as a group,” Buttler mentioned.
“There’s loads of starvation within the group and we’re excited to get again on the sphere.”
Buttler confirmed Ben Stokes is more likely to miss the sport as he continues his restoration from a hip damage.
Stokes had one other lengthy internet on Monday and confronted spin bowlers, having confronted solely throw downs on Sunday – his first internet in 10 days due to the problem.
Situations in Dharamshala are normally beneficial to seam bowling – extra so than every other main floor in India – however Saturday’s pitch, on which Bangladesh beat Afghanistan of their opener, was gradual.
That mentioned, Tuesday’s match might be performed on a recent floor which it’s understood seems to be good for batting.
England may usher in an additional seam bowler – Reece Topley, David Willey or Gus Atkinson – instead of spin-bowling all-rounders Moeen Ali or Liam Livingstone.
The venue is a far cry from the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad the place England performed the Black Caps, with Dharamshala being probably the most scenic grounds on the planet.
It’s perched 1,500m above sea degree with the Himalayan mountains offering the backdrop on one facet of the bottom.
A few of England’s gamers spent their time without work mountaineering and freshwater swimming whereas the town of Dharamshala – with a inhabitants of 62,596 scattered throughout the mountain facet – can be the house of the Dalai Lama.