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A few indentations but nothing to let the batsmen think this is going to be difficult for batting. We know the one that got rid of Pujara almost exploded. No obvious complaints about the pitch looking at it. But there are other parts which have some wear and tear - the bowler's followthroughs. Moeen Ali exploited that. He was quite accurate. There is no Ashwin for India to exploit it against right handers. Jadeja can exploit against the left-hander, but when he bowls, India will be hoping he bowls to Moeen Ali, Sam Curran than Rory Burns.