DTVHINDISpecial Opinion: Won the series 4-1 but still some questions troubled me, batsmen are getting defeated in front of spinners at home.
In recent times, Team India’s batsmen have been seen struggling against the spinners. Virat Kohli (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The Indian team won the five-match Test series against England by 4-1. By winning this Test series, the Indian team strengthened its claim for the first place in the World Test Championship. After playing the World Test Championship final twice in a row, Team India has staked its claim to play the Test Championship final this time too. The Indian team may have won this series by 4-1, but in this Test series and the Test series played at home in the last few years, one shortcoming of the Indian team has been sharply exposed. Such a deficiency has been exposed in which the Indian team once had expertise. In the last few years, the Indian team has proved to be poor in playing spin. The Indian team is now facing problems in playing spin in India itself. Whereas earlier this was the mantra of victory for the Indian team. He used to prepare spin tracks against foreign teams and defeat them. Now it has happened that when foreign teams tour India, they trouble the Indian team by including two-three good spinners. After coming here, even their average bowlers become great bowlers. Whereas in the past, Indian teams have batted brilliantly on spin-friendly pitches in domestic and subcontinental conditions. However, at present the Indian team seems to be struggling completely in facing spin. The bowling of the Indian team has been excellent in India since the beginning. Now it has become stronger while there has been a decline in the art of playing spin in batting. The Indian team which once used to trouble the opponents with its spin bowling in the 70s. At the same time, in today’s time our batsmen get troubled. In the 70s, there was the famous quartet of Eerappalli Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar, Venkat Raghavan and Bishan Singh Bedi, who used to dominate against foreign teams on Indian pitches. These people had created so much fear in the minds of the foreign batsmen that the teams touring India started practicing spin a month in advance, but still their quartet did not give the batsmen a chance to do anything special. After that, from 1980 to 2010, the Indian team had such batsmen who left their mark not only in India but also abroad. There were some batsmen who were adept at playing spin at home and were also adept at playing swing and pace if they toured abroad. During that time, many such great spinners also came to India, who left their mark in the whole world but bowed down before the Indian batsmen. Many such greats came from Shane Warne to Muttiah Muralitharan, but Indian batsmen faced those great spinners boldly and also showed the world the art of playing spin. What happened in the recent past that what was our strength has become our weakness. Indian players who have grown up playing on spin-friendly pitches are not able to face spin effectively today. Where the…
500 balls…. Hours of practice….”- Sarfaraz Khan decoded spinners with this formula
Sarfaraz Khan. (Image Source: BCCI Despite proving himself time and again in domestic cricket, the selectors were not impressed with Sarfaraz Khan and never considered his name for selection in India’s Test team. However, with Virat Kohli and KL Rahul unavailable in the third Test against England, Sarfaraz got the first call up for Team India and he made the most of the opportunity by scoring two consecutive half-centuries. The Mumbai-born cricketer scored 62 runs in his first innings, followed by an unbeaten 68 runs in the second innings as India registered a massive win against England by 434 runs in the match. With this, this young player has confirmed his place in the playing XI for the remaining two Test matches. Sarfaraz Khan used to play 500 balls every day – coach’s big revelation Playing on spin-friendly pitches in Mumbai, Sarfaraz looked good against the England spinners, which also impressed captain Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, he also took training from his father Naushad Khan and other coaches during the COVID-19 lockdown. Meanwhile, one of Sarfaraz’s coaches revealed that the 26-year-old used to play 500 balls every day and travel a lot to play in different conditions. The coach was quoted by NDTV as saying, “This was possible by playing 500 balls of off, leg and left-arm spinners every day at the Oval, Cross and Azad grounds in Mumbai. During the (Covid) lockdown, he traveled 1600 km by car. Mumbai to Amroha, Moradabad, Meerut, Kanpur, Mathura and Dehradun. He played in areas where the ball turned a lot, some balls bounced a lot and some remained low. Sarfaraz, who uses his moves with ease against the spinners, has worked hard to hone his skills. Sarfaraz However, the credit for preparing it does not go to Naushad alone. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s coach Sanjay Rastogi, Mohammed Shami’s coach Badruddin Sheikh, Kuldeep Yadav’s coach Kapil Dev Pandey, Gautam Gambhir’s coach Sanjay Bhardwaj and India A captain Abhimanyu Easwaran’s father RP Easwaran also contributed in improving Sarfaraz. Have given. All of them organized Sarfaraz’s net sessions against the spinners, especially during the Covid lockdown.
Keshav Maharaj expects spinners to play an important role in the upcoming T20 World Cup
T20 World Cup 2024 will be played in June this year Keshav Maharaj. (Photo Source: Getty Images) South African cricket team’s experienced spinner Keshav Maharaj has given a big statement regarding the role of spinners in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. Maharaj feels that the role of spinners is going to be important in this tournament. It is noteworthy that this time the upcoming multinational tournament will be played jointly hosted by USA and West Indies. The first match of the tournament will be played between USA and Canada on June 2. However, now before the start of the tournament, Keshav Maharaj has given a big statement regarding the spinners. Keshav Maharaj gave a big statement Let us tell you that regarding the role of spinners in the T20 World Cup, Keshav Maharaj quoted India Today as saying – Spinners will play an important role in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Cricket wickets are getting better and boundaries are getting smaller. Maharaj further said- There is a great need for a spinner to provide control and variety in the team. It is expected that these T20 platforms can give an even bigger role to the players and spinners coming on the international stage. After this, regarding himself being a successful cricketer in international cricket, Maharaj said – To be successful in T20 cricket as a left-arm spinner, you have to be street-smart. You work on your homework. Every bowler, be it left, right arm spinner or finger spinner, helps each other. If I can help teach this to young players as a finger spinner, then I hope it will inspire them to continue achieving success in international cricket. It is clear from the statement given by Maharaj that he has high expectations from the spinners in the upcoming tournament. Well, it will be worth watching how the spinners are going to perform during the upcoming T20 World Cup? 5 players who made the biggest scores in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka Five best innings played by Indian captains in Under-19 World Cup 4 Indian bowlers who became number 1 bowler in test cricket List of batsmen who remained not out most number of times in IPL Top 4 Indian bowlers who took 150 wickets in least number of test matches List of foreign players earning big from IPL 2024 5 bowlers who have dismissed Joe Root the most number of times in Test cricket Fast bowlers who have taken more than 150 wickets for India in Test cricket Which player has scored the most runs for his franchise, see the complete list Top-5 bowlers who took most wickets against India in test format
Jack Crowley talks openly about the strategy of sweep and reverse sweep against Indian spinners.
Jack Crawley said, sweep and reverse sweep are good options when the ball is spinning. India v England (Image Source : Twitter) The England team defeated India by 28 runs in the first match of the five-Test series to take a 1-0 lead in the series. In the Hyderabad Test, the English batsmen faced the Indian spinners bravely, especially Ollie Pope, who played a brilliant century. Meanwhile, opening batsman Zak Crawley says that the use of sweep and reverse sweep by the English batsmen against Indian spinners is a perfect way to throw out the spin plan. Zak Crawley scored 20 and 31 runs in both the innings respectively. Despite not playing big innings, Crawley played an important role in giving England a great start. Speaking at a press conference ahead of the second Test, Crawley elaborated on the strategy of playing a sweep or reverse sweep. It takes the spin out of the plan – Jack Crowley He said, I think sweep and reverse sweep are good options when the ball is spinning. This takes spin out of the plan. I think reverse sweep is common for us because the ground is less there. It seems they always have two men on the leg side. If they had two men on the other side, we might have played a sweep. The reverse sweep probably comes as naturally to us as the common sweep. Speaking on baseball, he said, it (baseball) comes naturally because many teams are playing more aggressively. When I first came to England the mentality was to take my time and play a long innings. I didn’t think it would come naturally to me and some other people. A lot of us play a little better under that. Zak Crawley feels that the Indian team is very strong in its home conditions despite the absence of many key players in the upcoming second Test. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli is already out of two Tests, while KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja suffered injuries, due to which they have been ruled out of the second Test.
IND vs ENG: We are not at all afraid of playing against spinners: Brendon McCullum
The second test match between these two teams is starting from February 2 in Visakhapatnam. Brendon McCullum (Image Source: Twitter) England defeated India by 28 runs in the first Test match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. He started the 5-match Test series with a bang and the team is currently leading 1-0 in this Test series. Talking about the first Test, England had included three spinners and one fast bowler in their playing XI. The Indian team also came to play the match with three spinners. Now the second test match between these two teams is starting from 2nd February in Visakhapatnam. Head coach Brendon McCullum has made a big revelation regarding England’s plans in the remaining Test matches against India. According to Brendon McCullum, he will not have any fear at all in playing against the spinners of the Indian team. Brendon McCullum told SEN Radio, ‘Shoaib Bashir was with us in the Abu Dhabi camp and he performed very well. He fits into our group. Like Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir also has less experience in first class cricket but we are confident that because of his art we can win the match. This is the real sign of captaincy: Brendon McCullum Brendon McCullum further said, ‘Just like we saw spin in the wicket in the first Test, if the same happens in the future then we are not going to be afraid against the spinners because the balance we have is really amazing. In the first Test, I was very happy to see the way Ben Stokes bowled to Tom Hartley in the first innings. Tom Hartley also put a lot of pressure on the Indian batsmen and this is the real sign of captaincy. I have full confidence that we will definitely win this test series. IPL 2024: These franchises got a big blow, these star players were out..! These 5 teams have won the most test matches on Indian soil Players who scored the most runs while opening for India in Tests Top 5 bowlers who took most wickets in test cricket in India India’s 10 most successful bowling pairs in Test cricket- Top 5 bowlers who took most wickets in day-night test matches ICC Awards Winners 2023 List: Who got which award, know here- 5 bowlers who have taken the most wickets in the World Test Championship (WTC) Those 10 unlucky cricketers of test cricket, who were out on 199 runs 5 teams that have won the BBL title the most number of times ,
