About 24 hours ahead of Sunday's afternoon fixture at the Chinnaswamy stadium, scenes from practice on either side of the pitch typified the venue. On one side, Jos Buttler repeatedly sent balls from Ravichandran Ashwin and Adam Zampa high into the stands - the sound of his bat meeting the ball echoing in the empty vessel of a stadium that will be a throbbing cauldron at match time. On the other side, Harshal Patel was treated disdainfully everytime he missed his yorkers by a whisker. It was reaffirmation of what the venue truly offers - uninhibited batting and bowling baptism by fire.
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The trip down south from Jaipur brings respite for the table toppers, for they were choked for runs at their own home by Lucknow SuperGiants just three days ago. The stadium that had a
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