England spinners need to be patient, Jack Leach’s accuracy key to success in India: Graeme Swann | Cricket News – Times of India

LONDON: Former off-spinner Graeme Swann desires England’s tweakers to keep affected person in the upcoming Test sequence in India and has picked Jake Leach to play a key function throughout the tour.
The spin duo of Leach and Dom Bess had 5-wicket hauls in England’s win in the primary Test in opposition to Sri Lanka, however returned wicket-much less in the house staff’s first innings of the continued second Test in Galle.
Having picked up 60 of his 255 wickets in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at a median of 25, the 41-yr-previous Swann, a veteran of 60 Tests between 2008 and 2013, is conscious of the talents required to succeed in sub-continent pitches.
“The one thing that I used to say to myself is, it’s going to spin and it does spin — even on day one where they are fairly flat pitches,” Swann mentioned on the Hussain and Key Cricket present.
“If you bowl well enough, especially against India, they play you very respectfully. There is not a Virender Sehwag in that current team; Virat Kohli when he bats against spin waits for the bad ball.
“India are very, very affected person however if you’re prepared to be affected person and bowl all day you’ll take wickets,” he observed.
“You might need to work very exhausting for them and you will lose some timber, which is not a foul factor.”
The former off-spinner said Leach will be key to England’s success in India.
“Jack Leach is the one for me in India — he has to run up and be ready to bowl nothing however straight deliveries, pitching center stump and hitting center stump,” Swann advised.
“If Jack Leach can try this and virtually tie one find yourself bowling 40 overs a day, then you’ll be able to rotate the strike bowlers in (Mark) Wood, (James) Anderson and (Stuart) Broad and get the opposite spinner attacking extra.
“I do think this India team are getting better and better. I honestly was thinking until I saw the squad ‘yes, India are good but are they that good?'”
England are touring India for a 4-match Test sequence, starting on February 5, adopted by 5 T20 Internationals and three ODIs.