Yeah we got hit by disease a few weeks back and that area nearly died off completely. We managed to nurse it through but with all the fungicides we sprayed it hasn't quite come up the same as the rest of the pitch - the green colour is from the dye in the chemical. The grass cover was slightly thinner there so we put some clippings on to even up the coverage. (Hopefully) that will mean it won't break up but we'll have to wait and see. Glad they left out Ashwin anyway. I don't want to speak too early but so far we're pretty happy with the way it's played.
So India did the old sees green, eyes light up and bowl first.
When really you want to bowl last and hope that end of the pitch breaks up.