Potentially flattest out of four decks, ball won't turn from Day 1: Steve Smith

Australian captain Steve Smith on Wednesday said the 22yard strip at the Narendra Modi Stadium potentially looks to be the flattest day one track compared to the previous three pitches where the ball spun from the word goAustralia are 12 down in the fourmatch series but are through to the World Test Championship final and would like to claim moral victory and psychological advantage over India by restoring parity in the final gameLooks like probably of the four wickets weve seen so far potentially the flattest on day one Smith told reporters on the eve of the gameHowever Smith expects that dry heat will ensure that the pitch cracks up as the game progresses providing turnHaving said that its I think 38 degrees out there at the moment its pretty hot Looks like itll dry out as the day goes on One of the groundsmen said they might be watering it again todaySo yeah well wait and see but in terms of the day before it certainly looks like its likely to do less on day one than weve seen so far Smith addedScoring 400 in Nagpur was a monumental task but it might be easier at Motera opined SmithIts just playing whats in front of us really obviously the scores havent been big throughout this whole series India scored 400 In that first Test match and Rohit got 100 and 400 proved to be way too manyThis wicket may be a little bit different I just had a look at it then Perhaps it may not spin as much from the first ball or the first day but I do think it will spin as the game goes on So yeah there might be opportunities for bigger totals on this wicketAlso readSteve Smith to lead Australia in fourth Test as Cummins stays home to be with his unwell motherThe shrewd Smith avoided any kind of controversy when asked if he has been disappointed with the tracks on offerWe can only play whats in front of us and its been those types of wickets where if you get up over 200 even its been a decent total Were not fussed or anything weve never complained or anything about the wickets we go out and play he sidestepped when the tricky query came his wayFor Smith tougher the conditions more satisfying is the challengeIve said personally I enjoy playing on these type of wickets Its good fun theres something always happening and I prefer to play on that than a genuine road said Smith without making an obvious reference to tracks used in PakistanIn fact Smith concurred with India head coach Rahul Dravids observations that a 70 on these tracks is as good as a hundredOn these wickets that were playing on 70s and 80s are winning you games of cricket as weve seen This one might be a little bit different it might be that someone needs to make a bigger score and the par score might go from 200250 to 450500Im not sure well wait and see Its about playing whats in front of you But even quickfire 30s can change momentum like we saw from Shreyas Iyer in the second innings in the last game those little cameos can be important in lowscoring games the dogged righthander saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever