The Curator and Pitch conditions !

"I will be happy if he gets a hundred because I want that,"

"I also want the century because he is our boy, Bombay boy.

He has done so well all his career, so let people remember him forever

ki isne last match main bhi sau banaya ......(because he made a century in his last match).

"He is good enough to do it himself. He does not need my help.

This wicket is good enough for batting so that might automatically help him,"

"It will be an emotional one, definitely, because I have seen him right from his first day

in first-class cricket till the day he leaves the game. So not seeing him again will be difficult.

But we have rules and norms to follow so my emotions will not get in the way of my work."

"I will be under no pressure for any match because my approach is simple,"

"I have to prepare something which is good for cricket."

"My approach is I always prepare a sporting wicket,"

"If I am correct, every Test match I have been the curator of has lasted till the fifth day,

except the four-day Test against England in December 2012."

Pitch and conditions

Sudhir Naik, the former India batsman and Wankhede curator, is confident that the pitch

can last five days. It is expected to be much harder than the one at Eden.

There is usually more bounce at Wankhede than is the norm at most Indian venues.

The weather is steadily approaching what passes for winter in Mumbai.

While that means pleasant mornings and slightly nippy nights, temperatures will still reach

mid-thirties in the afternoons.

The nearby Arabian Sea can be counted on to deliver some breeze then, and some swing.  :-[