Royal Challengers Bangalore star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal believes that the dew coming in towards the end of half of the inning makes it much difficult for the bowlers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“These are good batting wickets. In the second half, the dew normally comes in and it becomes difficult between the 12th and 20th overs. But we are learning slowly how to adapt,” said Chahal in a virtual press conference arranged by the RCB on Thursday.
RCB will be up against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi which will be played on Saturday.
Both the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and the Sheikh Zayed Stadium much shorter than the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Chahal said that it’s not about the size of the ground but it’s always about the nature of the wicket which determines the flight require in the ball.
“It mostly depends upon the wicket, the size of the ground comes after that. The first thing I look at is that if the wicket is turning, because if so, it becomes a little bit harder to hit in the smaller grounds.
“Here the wicket is fine but the boundaries are bigger so the batsmen have to really time it well. Sometimes it would happen at Chinnaswamy that the batsman would mistime it and it would still go for a six or four. Here they have to time it better, so we have more chances to flight the ball and can challenge the batsmen more here,” Chahal said.
