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Gwalior: The buzz is slowly building in Gwalior ahead of the second One-dayer at the Captain Roop Singh stadium on Wednesday and once again expectations are the little big man of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, will deliver.
Tendulkar has played some very special knocks in Gwalior on a wicket that has traditionally been on the slower side.
His masterly 97 last time around, in 2007, helped India clinch their first home ODI series against Pakistan since 1983. The Mumbai batsman looked set for a century before inside-edging an Umar Gul delivery on to his stumps, but India went on to triumph by six wickets.
The genius was in the act earlier too, hammering a century (100) against Australia in a 2003 match which the home team won by 37 runs. That game also saw VVS Laxman scoring a superb 102.
Naturally, Gwalior has also been a favourite hunting ground for the hosts: they've won seven of the nine ODIs played at the venue. But for the 73-run loss to West Indies in the inaugural match in 1988 and the upset victory by Kenya in the Coca Cola Cup in 1998, India's record would have been perfect.
Curator Ajai Sahasrabuddhe promises a good wicket for batting, though he says the dew can spoil the party a bit. "We expect the bounce to be good. And to negate the effects of the dew, we will spray the outfield later on during the match," he said.
The pitch is bald and devoid of grass, but there are expectations that another memorable thriller will be played on Wednesday.
