Navjot Singh Sidhu backs Dhoni’s tactics of attacking through spin – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 for heavily relying on spinners against England in the on-going series and expressed that the home team must persist with their
strength.
The Men in Blue defeated the Poms in the first of the four-Test series at Ahmedabad by nine wickets to go 1-0 up in the battle. The track offered a lot of turn and bounce to the spinners, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 and Ravichandran
Ashwin making an impact on the match.
The former Aussie captain believes that Dhoni by nature is a defensive captain and urged the wicketkeeper/batsman to stop asking for turning pitches in the home Tests.
However, Sidhu is of the opinion that every team prepares pitches at home according to their strengths and weaknesses. The former opening batsman thinks that the Poms love to play against fast bowlers and Dhoni has the right to make
things difficult for the England team by requesting for spin-friendly pitches at home.
“Does Waugh wants that we gift the Test series to England? The track will be same for both teams,” Sidhu said. “We are not here to give comfort to the English side. We would like to win this series. When we go to England, do they
make tracks that offer turn? It is important for India to win this series.”
The Men in Blue were whitewashed in England last year and Dhoni’s men are looking to avenge their defeat in the current series.
Sidhu went one step ahead and advised the Indian selectors to include an extra spinner in shape of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, who has been out of the Test team since the tour of England in 2011.
“I have been saying since Day I that their strength is swing and ours is spin. More the number of spinners, better it is. If we play Harbhajan in Mumbai, then England will feel psychologically bogged down,” he concluded.
The second Test begins tomorrow at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 and company cannot win in the sub-continent.
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