With the snow-capped Himalayas in the background, Dharamshala’s Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium is among the most picturesque Test venues in the world – but winters in the city are not conducive to preparing a cricket ground.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will decide in the coming days, possibly as early as Sunday, whether to move the third Test, scheduled from March 1-5, from Dharamshala after experts inspect the venue’s playing surface over the weekend.
A source with knowledge of the matter has said there has been insufficient sunlight to grow grass in the foggy conditions.if the Test was moved, as not only is Dharamshala likely to offer most value to the quicks, as it did in the 2017 series, there is a strong possibility the new venue would be spin-friendly. Pune, Indore, Visakhapatnam and Rajkot are in contention to stage the game.
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