Dinesh Karthik believes India’s probabilities of reaching the ultimate of the World Test Championship are slim, although they’re second within the desk with 99 factors out of 168 and an mixture proportion of 58.93.
“I think it’s going to be a tough one. I really think it’s going to be an uphill task for India. Winning three out of four Tests is never easy,” Karthik instructed Cricbuzz.
“It will mean playing to your strengths and recognizing that Australia’s weakness against spin will come to the fore,” he mentioned.
“But we haven’t played the off-spin well either, so it’s a Catch 22 situation for India,” he mentioned.
India’s grip on qualifying for the WTC last has tightened after avoiding defeat in Mirpur and South Africa shedding to Australia. India has just one extra sequence left in opposition to Australia, which it hosts in February-March. If they win all of the 4 matches or by a margin of 3-0 or 3-1, then India will make it to the WTC last for the second time in a row.
Australia topped the WTC chart with 132 factors out of 168 with an mixture rating of 78.57 percentile factors.
Karthik mentioned that Australian spinner Nathan Lyon will likely be a giant menace for India. He mentioned, ‘They need to discover a method to cope with off-spin. The good factor is that Australia have just one spinner to depend upon. Whoever the opposite spinner is, whether or not it’s Ashton Agar or Adam Zampa may be focused.
“For the time being, we should depend on the truth that we’ve three high quality spinners who will likely be a handful to cope with on a turning monitor.
“On a turning monitor, I might rely closely on Axar Patel due to his top and pure variations. But Indian batsmen have to maneuver ahead.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
