Spin master Ravindra Jadeja claims that spinners would have a huge role to play in the Super 8 stage for India in the ICC mega event. Indian fast bowlers got the benefit of playing all the games in the USA. Jadeja has enough experience on wickets that are challenging and turning while playing in India which gives him an upper hand on West Indies pitches. he believes the pitches would be drier because of the matches being in the morning.
What Ravindra Jadeja Said
While speaking on Star Sports Jadeja said,
“Whenever we play in the West Indies, the wicket remains a bit slow and dry. The match timing is also in the morning so spinners will have help. Even in India, there are many wickets where spinners get help. So it is a good thing that spinners will get help here in the middle overs. You could see spinners being used in the death overs as well.”
He also shed light on the matter that in the World Cup same pitches are used multiple times. He emphasised that conditions would be different if India gets a fresh pitch instead of an used one.
Kuldeep Yadav on conditions in West Indies
Kuldeep Yadav seemed to have the same opinion as of Jadeja about spinners getting more benefit from WI pitches. Although he is yet to play his first match in the tournament, India would surely use this trump card in the super 8 matches.
Kuldeep Yadav told Star Sports,
“The spinners do get help in the West Indies and so I think four spinners are picked in the squad. In this format, the bowlers’ length becomes crucial and I have said this many times. I had played the T20I series against West Indies last year and it was a good series for the spinners so I expect similar pitches.”
Team India would kick off their super 8 stage with a giant clash with Afghanistan on June 20 followed by matches against Bangladesh oh June 22 and Australia on June 24.