Twitter Reactions: Twitter goes crazy over the dry Ranchi pitch and bald ground

The Ranchi wicket had a darker, drier and dustier look a pitch totally different from what we saw at Pune. The Pune wicket was too green and proved too good for the Indian batsmen this one did surprise a few. But, the pitch on offer for the 2nd T20I was even more surprising. It was not just the strip that lacked grass, there was hardly any grass even on the outfield had a bald look.

Batting looked really easy when India started as Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan took the Sri Lankan bowling apart. Dhawan particularly came really hard and scored at a strike rate in excess of 200. He also scored the maiden fifty of his T20I career. The wicket soon came into play as spinners took the charge, it started to slow and batting was easy no longer.

India had the explosive pair of Hardik Pandya and Suresh Raina at the middle and the two took on the attack to the Lankan bowlers, things really turned thereafter and the boundaries started to flow all around. But the bowlers did make a splendid comeback towards the end of the innings to stop India inside the 200-run mark.

Twitter was severe on the Ranchi pitch curator for preparing such a wicket, they also didn’t fail to troll the authorities for the look the ground had with hardly any grass on it.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the Ranchi pitch:

No sign of green tonight in Ranchi I'm surprised there's no cactus growing on the outfield it so dry #INDvsSL

— Matthew Hayden AM (@HaydosTweets) February 12, 2016

Stumps are there on ground to identify where is the pitch #INDvSL @Ranchi

— Sagar B Rawal (@sagarworld31) February 12, 2016

Whadda dusty useless pitch this Ranchi is…!!! #INDvsSL

— S@thy@ (@sathya_tweet) February 12, 2016

BREAKING: Nitin Gadkari hires Ranchi pitch curator to build highways #INDvsSL

— Psycho (@i_Psycho) February 12, 2016

Ranchi pitch is a dustbowl – if Indian spinners prove to b ineffective(which shudnt be the case), Sri Lanka batsmen may take it away #IndvSL

— Arghya Dutta (@thearghyadutta) February 12, 2016

Kadapa arts college and raja reddy stadium out fields are much better than ranchi's outfield
If it comes to pitch looks like sahara desert

— David Theja (@Thejadavid) February 12, 2016

Dhoni: Pitch pe ghaas nahi honi chahiye.
Ranchi curator: Bhaiyyaji pure ground me ghaas nahi hai, kahi bhi khel lo. #IndvSL #Ranchi

— Viraj Deshpande (@criczest) February 12, 2016

"Padam Shree for Ranchi pitch curator" – Ravi Shastri. #INDvsSL

— RJ Dipp (@TheRadioJoker) February 12, 2016

Ranchi pitch curator is so committed to India's cause he has removed grass even from the outfield. #respect

— . (@The_Sleigher) February 12, 2016

Pune pitch vs Ranchi pitch #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/SsW8LOnD5h

— Sir Bumrah!! (@Ibleed_sarcasm) February 12, 2016

I guess outfield grass from Ranchi was planted in that Pune pitch #INDvsSL

— Rahul (@rahulksingh291) February 12, 2016

Doesn't the Ranchi pitch look like shaved underarms?#INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/nER7HFipO6

— Kaustubh S. Mayekar (@santa_kaus) February 12, 2016

This Ranchi pitch looks like zidane's head.

— Ujjwilicueta (@ramuklawjju) February 12, 2016

@sagarcasm Ranchi pitch giving a whole new twist to "Go, Green!" initiative. #INDvsSL

— MP Singh (@NotThatMP) February 12, 2016

#NASA is certain it could find water in #Mars but they are not confident about finding it on this #Ranchi pitch. #IndVsSL

— Angry Mumbaikar (@David_V_Dsouza) February 12, 2016

@MaheshNegombo @ExcuzeMi @PsychoYassa @NightWingzzz @Dinisuruu This Ranchi pitch… #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/dLGVpjTMeq

— Ruwan Sam (@GSHruwan) February 12, 2016

Here is how the match panned out from the eye of the social media – India v Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Live social feeds