India’s spin bowling future in safe hands, believes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737 – Cricket News Update
Impressed by the recent progress of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198 and Harbhajan Singh, the former Indian captain, Anil Kumble, believes that the country’s spin bowling future is in safe hands.
Spin bowling has always been India’s forte, who have historically troubled foreign teams on low and turning home tracks. Over the years, the Men in Blue have produced a number of quality spinners like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Erapalli-Anatharao-Srinivas-Prasanna-c56047, Srinivasaraghavan
Venkataraghavan, Anil Kumble and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453.
Ashwin and Ojha have been absolutely brilliant in the last two home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, taking the responsibility on their shoulders, since Harbhajan was miserably out of form.
However, Harbhajan has looked impressive on his comeback during the on-going http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Kumble is impressed by Ashwin and Ojha, the two young spinners, and urged the selectors to persist with them in future.
"You'll never know the real calibre of a spinner if you don't give him enough opportunities. Right now the spin cupboard is pretty healthy because there are two spinners (Ashwin and Ojha) who are performing on the field," Kumble said.
Kumble himself is considered to be one the game’s greatest spin bowlers, with more than 950 international scalps. The lanky leg-spinner was extremely effective because of the extra bounce he was able to generate off the tracks.
The former captain believes that Harbhajan’s experience can also prove to be vital in future and said that the off-spinner can still serve the country for some more years.
Talking about the bench strength, Kumble expressed that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla are talented cricketers and can do well at the international level, if given consistent opportunities.
"There's Harbhajan who has the experience of picking 400 Test wickets and who's a highly fierce competitor and exceptionally skilled. When he comes back to being his best, you'll have three quality spinners in the side plus the three leg-spinners waiting
in the wings," he added.
India’s next assignment after the World T20 is the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at home, where the spinners are expected to play a huge role.
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