For years now, pitches have been prepared to suit the home team’s strengths and that is fine so long as the pitch is not a lottery.

It is here that bCCI needs to show the same will, as they have shown in making players play domestic cricket.

The only problem is that the wickets that are on offer for domestic cricket are hardly conducive for batsman.

If one goes by the scores in some of the matches especially Delhi’s games, then it is quite obvious that the pitches prepared are sub-standard and not conducive to a fair contest between bat and ball.