Spinners hold key in Bangladesh: Amre
Posted on May 01, 2007 at 14:45
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Mumbai, May 1, 2007
Former Indian Test star and Mumbai coach Praveen Amre today said that the Indian spinners will hold the key to the outcome of the two-match Test series in Bangladesh next month while the One-Day series would be an interesting duel between the two teams.
“When I last toured Bangladesh six years ago, the tracks over there were slow and low and I think not much will have changed and it should assist spinners from the third day itself. The Indian spinners will hold the key as leg-spinner Anil Kumble, with his vast experience, off-spinner Ramesh Powar, with his teasing flight and spin and left arm spinner Rajesh Pawar should be a handful against the Bangladesh batsmen”, Amre told Cricketnext.com here.
“Because of the slow nature of the wicket, Bangladesh always fields two to three spinners while playing any visiting team at home and with the Indians having three different variety of spinners they should cause lot of doubts in Bangladesh batsmen’s mind”, Amre added.
When asked whether the absence of prolific run-getters Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly would have any effect on the outcome of the One-Day series, Amre replied in the negative.
“The team has been picked with a mind for the future and at any stage the team should not feel the absence of the two senior players as the youngsters are quite talented and should deliver the goods against Bangladesh, despite the fact that we lost to them in the league stages of the World Cup”, Amre, who has a Test double century to his credit against South Africa, said.
The Indians will be playing the first of the three ODIs on May 10 while the team has already assembled in Kolkata for a short conditioning camp before departing to Bangladesh on May seven.
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