We need to find a way to score against spin, says Darren Sammy – Cricket News Update
Team West Indies’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, wants his players to adapt to the playing conditions of the sub-continent and learnt to tackle the Indian spinners before the outset of the 2nd Test match, which is supposed to decide the three-game series
which the home team already leads 1-0.
Sammy strongly believes that the only way for the Windies to succeed against the Men in Blue is to face their spinners courageously and confidently. As it is evident from the last match, the young Indian spin bowlers, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 and Pragyan
Ojha, caused heavy damage to the visitors by taking 9 and 7 wickets respectively.
Team India are going to Eden Gardens on November 14 with an unchanged squad. Ashwin and Ojha retain their positions as the selectors bank on them to win the series.
This is a red sign for the Caribbean Kings, who have very low temperament to face spinners on the dry and flat pitches of India. Furthermore, the Kolkata wicket is extra supportive to bowlers. In this situation, it will become rather difficult for the tourists
to avert a series defeat.
However, Sammy is hopeful of his team’s resurgence, claiming that they have had a hard time in practice nets.
Talking to the media today, the captain said, “We need to find a way to score against spin. Attacking against the spinners could be an option like Chanderpaul showed in both the innings. We could have been more positive without being reckless. That is something
we can look at for the second Test. We will work hard at the nets to get it right.”
He further told, “We were ahead for a portion of the match and we should have maintained that advantage. In many ways we see this as an opportunity missed as we let http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 back into the match and they took it away from us.”
The Blue Shirts’ history tells that they have always been dominant on their home grounds on the basis of their spin strength, which turns to be an effective weapon against unfamiliar tourists.
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