Wary of the marauding West Indies batting, England team on Saturday focused on their bowling during the team's training session ahead of Sunday's high-octane finale of the World T20 here.
The West Indies batsmen's tendency to clear the ropes led the English cricketers to go for a ribbon approach to their bowling strategy. The Englishmen marked the stumps with two ribbons across the 22 yards and their pacers and spinners bowled in tandem, perfecting their line and length during the two-hour long rigorous training session.
Few yards away from their training strip, the pitch was covered with thick carpets. The buzz is that there will be some green patches to encourage some lateral movements for England's seam quartet of David Willey, Chris Jordan, liam Plunkett and Ben Stokes.
"I have had a look at the wicket yesterday not today. There is a nice covering of grass and it looks a really good wicket, which is really a good news. I suppose coming to Kolkata you would expect it to have no grass but nice to see a covering of grass holding it together," said England captain Eoin Morgan.
He, however, made it clear that the team management was flexible enough to pick a side should the grass be shaved off in the morning, and indicated that uncapped Hampshire leftarm spinner liam Dawson may be drafted in.
Stating that "everybody is fit for selection", Morgan said: "A couple of guys have been sick over the last few days but they've pulled up well today."