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Jadeja, Axar, Ajaz and Santner give series new twist heading into second Test<\/span>
PUNE: Left-arm finger spin is easily the most preferred form of spin for captains against right-handed batters in Test cricket. Left-arm finger spinners can bowl attacking lines – with variations in flight, trajectory and length – around the wicket, bringing LBW into the equation.
They can also resort to negative tactics of bowling over the wicket and way outside leg-stump in red-ball cricket. The famous examples are of Ashley Giles against Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> in 2001 and Nilesh Kulkarni in the Ranji Trophy final of 1997 against Delhi in Gwalior.<\/p>\n

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Of course, off-spinners bowling around the wicket can be far more tricky for the left-handed batters. When a right-handed batter faces a left-arm spinner around the wicket and off-spinner over the wicket, he can see the ball with his full visual arc.
But the left-arm spinner’s angle makes it more challenging due to the blind-spot situation. Plus the latter can bowl flattish lines more easily due to more flexibility in arm rotation and the angle of the wrist coming into play.
This left-arm advantage, besides his smartness, fielding and batting contributions, has made Ravindra Jadeja<\/a> India’s first-choice Test spinner.<\/p>\n

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Four left-arm spinners played the last Test in Bengaluru in the ongoing India-New Zealand series – Ajaz Patel<\/a>, Rachin Ravindra, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav<\/a>. None of them was economical. Even off-spinners R Ashwin<\/a> and Glenn Philips were not spared. Being a wrist spinner, Kuldeep got his share of rough treatment.
Despite having another left-arm spinner in their ranks in Axar Patel<\/a>, India have added off-spinner Washington Sundar<\/a> to the squad for the second Test in Pune.
India’s South African assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said here on Tuesday, “There are four left-handers in the New Zealand team. And we wanted someone who could take the ball away from them.”
Ashwin, owner of 250-plus Test dismissals of left-handed batters, also bowls that line. But maybe he is not in peak form. Even Kuldeep takes the ball away from the left-hander. But being a wrist spinner, there is always concern about control and economy rate.
With the Pune pitch expected to assist spinners far more than in Bengaluru, NZ may consider playing Mitchell Santner<\/a>. Definitely, there is history of Indian batsmen struggling against unfancied left-arm spin at home.<\/div>\n