Is this the weakest spin attack ever for India ?
By grvdubey11
@grvdubey11 (1879)
India
November 15, 2010 7:37am CST
Present test team of India is probably the best of all times as they have the fighting spirit and they are hard to beat so no wonder they are no 1 but even when India was not a top side in test cricket like it is now they used to be brilliant at home and that was because spinners used to dominate the visitors but now things have changed a lot especially after retirement of Kumble ,Bhajji he may be doing wonders with the bat recently but is he a dangerous bowler any more? yes Ojha is good , but are they dont look lethal or dangerous when they bowl .What may be the reason of this weak spin attack ? are pitches not at all good to give any home advantage to Indian spinners or they are not good enough like spinners of old times .NZ were supposed to struggle against the spinners but they dont seem to be in much trouble against Bhajji and Ojha , most of the time dhoni has to look upto Zaheer to get him a break through.What can be the reason of Indian spinners not leaving any sort of impact?
1 response
@stardustcdsd (1856)
• India
16 Nov 10
actually i do.
first with ojha.
ok he got 37 wickets in 10 matches.good to know but he seems afraid to toss the ball up.
just pushing the ball through is not going to get you wickets.may be he has to take a look at the video footage of bangladesh's left arm spin destruction.
as for bhajji,he lost the dangerous bowler thingy .
i tune into the match,i see ojha bowling around off stump,the batsmen get forward and defends as if he can do it with his eyes closed.
i see harbhajan bowling short enough for batsmen to cut.
once someone said it is a crime if you are an off spinner and you let a batsmen cut you for a boundary.
besides,he is not spinning the ball as much and he even defended it and said that its one of his variations.
he is afraid to bowl the doosras and bowling over 82kmph.i am disappointed.
only the pacers seems to create any kinda problem to the batsmen.
if i were the selector,i would rest bhajji and ojha and give ashwin and mishra a go at the kiwis.
even if you hit him for 5 boundaries in a row,mishra will still flight the ball and that big heart is needed in our attack at the moment.
and ashwin has variations,he is tall so no problem with bounce,he uses his doosra whenever he wants to finish off the tail and he just got 11 wickets in the ranji match against delhi.
why not him and he is not bad with his bat either?
besides with zaheer injured and troubled form of our spinners,the only way we are gonna win the last test match is to go with 5 bowlers
