Where are the sportive pitches ?

I remember an all time great pitch at Chennai, back in the 1975 series against West Indies. That pitch had bounce (Andy Roberts loved it) and helped our spinners too. Prasanna's 5 wickets in the 2nd, Engineer stumping Lloyd and Kalicharan's run out by Mankad are all etched in my mind, after all these years. Where did such pitches go? I do not ever remember seeing a similar pitch even in the same Chennai. That match was of course famous for not only the pitch but Gundappa Vishwanath's classy 97 not out and Chandra's loud apology to Vishy when he left him high and dry.
Anyway, coming back to Mohali, I read reports that Daljit Singh has prepared 2 or 3 pitches but they are going to opt for the grassless one. IS Bindra, the chief architect behind the Mohali ground has proved to be a visionary and a great organizer and Mohali used to sport the fastest wicket in India. But, with India's strength being spin; we have neither a green top nor a rank bad dust bowl, which they seemed to forgotten to prepare. The in between ones (thanks to ODI cricket's own emphasis on Patta wickets) are not going to go anywhere, as far as the results go. But, I hope that the pitch will at least have some bounce and will help the batsmen move away from somnolent mood at Nagpur.
With Sreesanth ill, it looks almost certain that Munaf will play. With rain in the mix, my guess is that it will be 6+4 +1 team and the 4 bowlers will be IP, MP, RPS and AK. YS will replace MK but with the caveat that VVS will get one last chance to prove. My prediction - with rain in the mix - some playing time is going to be lost, it is lame finish - draw. Unless, VS fires in a very big way, which I doubt given his rustiness, India can not score quickly enough to put enough pressure for a 20 wicket haul. England is likely to play Pluncket and he is another lower order headache for India (as if Hoggy, Harmy and Monty are not enough). My guess - another draw in the offing and a slight edge for England, given their pace attack's strength and India's inability to take 20.