Spinners To Play Key Role In Windies - Dhoni
Sumaira FH 5 years ago Wed 20th July 2016 | 11:22 PM

NEW DELHI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th july, 2016) : Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wednesday said spinners would play a key role in India's upcoming four-match Test series in the West Indies, despite the Caribbean's reputation as a paceman's paradise. Although Dhoni remains India's limited overs skipper, the Test side will be led in the West Indies by star batsman Virat Kohli, who will be able to call on the services of two of the world's leading spinners -- Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi on the eve of the first Test in Antigua, Dhoni said that the same pitches where fast bowlers such as Curtly Ambrose and Michael Holding once wreaked havoc were now much conducive to slow bowling. "What we have seen over the years is that the West Indian wickets have slowed down...
which means the spinners will have a major role in the series," Dhoni told reporters. Although the likes of Ashwin have thrived in recent Test cricket, India has struggled to produce a top fast bowler for some years.
Their current attack spearhead Mohammed Shami is only just returning after a lengthy injury lay-off.
But Dhoni insisted that India had a fine pool of talent to call on in the Caribbean, where Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are also likely to play a key role. "Good thing about Indian bowling right now is that they have a good pool of eight to 10 quick bowlers who were all pushing for selection for the West Indies tour squad. "So that gives management the liberty of picking the best bowlers and whatever is needed in that scenario," said the 35-year-old Dhoni. Indian batting stars like Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and Murali Vijay have also shown glimpses of what they are capable of in the two practice games -- with Dhoni certainly impressed. "And not to forget the Indian line-up.
They have a set of six batters who have played Test cricket for quite some time now," said the wicketkeeper-batsman. "If you see the middle part of the batting it looks very good and they have good experience of playing outside India, so I think it will be a very good series for the Indian set up," he added.
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