The Green Park pitch sports a predictably dry look but the BCCI denied issuing any instructions to the curator about the type of surface to be prepared for the third and final Test between India and South Africa. “BCCI has not given any instruction and it’s for the Pitches (and Grounds) Committee to decide on the wicket. In this case also, no instructions were given,” BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said. The pitch at Motera, the venue for the second Test, had provided some encouragement for the South African pacemen and they skittled out India for just 76 on the first morning of the match, which culminated in an innings and 90-run victory for the visitors. Shukla said preparing the wicket was totally the prerogative of the curator. “It is the curator alone who has made the wicket,” he said.