You are right that the pitch can often play an vital role within the victory or defeat of any team. One group benefits from that, at the same time as the opposite team loses because of the pitch. This happens a lot in day-night time matches. Basketball cannot be in comparison to cricket, basketball is a different game. There is likewise a distinction among cricket and baseball. In baseball, the ball reaches the batsman with out touching the pitch, in cricket, the ball is taken to the batsman after hitting the pitch, and the complete tale starts offevolved from right here.
In cricket, new ball old ball, new pitch, old pitch, day, night, all these things have a great effect. So winning the toss is very important before the match, because both teams carefully review the pitch before the match begins, and it is decided to look at the pitch condition and weather conditions whether to bat or bowling.
Pitch was quite good for both the teams even I didn't see that the teams were a little confused due to the Team. Even this was Indian home ground also and at this place they played like this.
The new ball in cricket and the old ball matters a lot as the pacers from each team have good bowling and good pace when they are playing with the new ball and they are better with the new ball. But also when the teams are going for the toss they first see the pitch
After getting a review of the pitch then they get their choice of bowling and batting.