Prune the grass please, team management tells officials

Kolkata

Even as India's head coach Anil Kumble claimed that the team has no worries over the Eden Gardens wicket for the second cricket Test against New Zealand beginning on Friday, the team management on Wednesday approached the local authorities for heavy pruning of the grass.

It was learnt that a senior team official made the request to a top official of the local organisers, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).

Earlier Kumble had told the media that the hosts had the squad to adapt to every given condition.

Kumble, who entered the media conference soon after reaching the stadium, exuded confidence that the Eden track would be good.

"I've already said that we have the squad to encounter any challenge and adapt to whatever conditions we get. We are not really worried too much about the pitch. We have all our bases covered," said the bespectacled cricketing legend. -IANS

While Team India had an optional practice session, New Zealand cricketers were busy in shopping at a garments shop in Kolkata on Wednesday.