We have seen how Lords pitch have looked like in recent years. A very good venue for batsmen. Flat and dry. Nothing much for fast bowlers. Suddenly , we saw a green pitch with plenty of grass.

I think Eng allowed Indian bowlers a chance by giving a totally different pitch than what we have seen in Lords in past. That's called doctoring. I think it backfired the same way when Indians produced doctored sharp turners in India at home against Eng. Monty's style is perfectly suited for a sharp turner when pitch is not slow and those doctored pitches gave him exactly that.

Indian bowlers took advantage of doctored pitch in Lords more than Eng despite Eng getting best conditions to bowl. I don't think Indians can bowl out oppositions on flat surface but they have a decent chance to grab 20 wickets on green pitch. Similarly, Swan/Monty took advantage of doctored sharp turners more than Indian spinners when Eng toured India.

What do you think? Do you see a parallel here?

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