"I have thought a lot about neutral venues in Ranji Trophy (which is being experimented this season). Think about a young Ranji batsman playing with SG Test in India and then facing difficulty overseas," Tendulkar spoke at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. "Let us have the first innings on a green top with kookaburra balls which would give openers a challenge. Our spinners will also learn how to bowl with kookaburra on Green tops," Tendulkar explained.His next suggestion was even more interesting. "For Tendulkar, two pitches, two balls in two innings of a match takes curator preparing designer pitches out of the equation and also nullifies the toss factor.

Source: Times of India December 03, 2016 09:23 UTC