Gold at stake as India, Pak brace for a battle on tricky track

Nisshin (Japan), Oct 2 (UNI) India have Pakistan standing between them and Asian Games cricket gold on Saturday. Ordinarily, that sentence would be enough to sell newspapers, trigger television debates and keep social media busy till dawn. But there is another rival waiting in the middle-the pitch. After watching India's semifinal against Sri Lanka, one could be forgiven for wondering whether the match was being played on a cricket ground or on a piece of farmland after the monsoon. The surface was cracked, turning and offering enough assistance to make even part-time spinners look like mystery bowlers. That is why…