Australia vice-captain Steve Smith could have mimicked Ravichandran Ashwin’s doppelganger Mahesh Pithia for every week however he’s not considering an excessive amount of about India’s star spinner’s influence within the Border Gavaskar Trophy beginning right here on Thursday.
The Australian batsmen are focussing on tackling the specter of spin and there’s a squad of Indian web bowlers which helps the guests put together for the four-Test sequence.
Is Australia considering an excessive amount of about Ashwin? He stated, ‘We have performed many off-spinners and Mahesh is one in every of them. He bowls in (the identical) model as Ashwin. We usually are not overthinking issues. Ash is a superb bowler however we’ve the instruments in our equipment bag to cope with it.
He has had a take a look at the pitch and it seems to be very dry instead of an excellent size on the far finish.
“Very dry, especially one end. I think it will take a bit of spin, especially the left-arm spinners taking it to our left-handers. There’s a stretch there which is quite dry,” he stated.
But Smith additionally stated that he wouldn’t learn the monitor greater than mandatory.
“Apart from that, I am unable to actually get an excellent gauge on it. I do not suppose there might be a heap of bounce within the wicket, I feel will probably be fairly slippery for the quick bowlers and because the recreation progresses, a bit Can be up and down.
“The cracks felt pretty loose. I’m not entirely sure – we’ll wait and see.” Smith seemed fairly pleased with the preparation.
“We had some good periods in Bangalore and now right here too. The boys are taking fine condition. I feel will probably be a bit uneven, sluggish however not fairly certain.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
