India vs England: Indian attack not just about spin, says Graham Thorpe | Cricket News – Times of India
CHENNAI: On England’s earlier excursions of India, the sport-plans of the English batsmen have primarily revolved round methods to counter India’s spinners in alien, spin-pleasant situations. With India’s rising battery of tempo bowlers excessive on confidence, nevertheless, the upcoming collection is unlikely to be just about R Ashwin & Co spinning an online across the England batsmen.
The pacers – which embrace Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur for the primary two Tests – are equally succesful of prising out English wickets on Indian pitches. The England camp appears acutely conscious of the evolving dynamic within the Indian attack.
“The one thing about the Indian bowling attack is that it’s not just about spin. Their seam attack is also strong. We can’t be side-tracked completely and focus just on the spin side of things,” England’s assistant coach Graham Thorpe informed reporters on Friday.
During India’s final dwelling season towards South Africa and Bangladesh in 2019, the Indian pacers took 59 wickets in 5 Tests compared to 37 scalps by the spinners.
The England gamers, of course, would have watched how the likes of Bumrah and Siraj operated in Australia and been vastly impressed by what they witnessed. The pacers bowled a straighter line to Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne particularly, and tried to take run-scoring on the off-aspect out of the equation. They may be anticipated to undertake comparable ploys in acquainted dwelling situations.
“India’s attack has developed into a very good attack. We are very aware of that. When we come to the subcontinent, we know we have to deal with spin. But with the Indian attack, we know that seam bowling is in play as well. In the training time that we have, we will be trying to find a nice balance between practising against both seamers and spinners,” the previous England left-hander, who performed 100 Tests, noticed.
Notably, India do not even have Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav obtainable for the primary two Tests as a result of harm. They are arguably two of the finer exponents of reverse swing on this Indian attack, however the truth that the group is not fretting about the absentees is a mirrored image of the assets obtainable. England have the Ashes in Australia later this 12 months, however there appeared to be an acknowledgement from Thorpe that the Indian collection was an even bigger problem.
“Yes, there is a hell of a lot of hard cricket ahead of us. We are under no illusions about that. When you get to the highest level, this is the kind of series that you want to test yourself in. That’s how I will sum it up,” Thorpe famous.
