Wednesday, August 27, 2025
spot_img

If India produce turning tracks, it will negate their strength in seam attack: Bairstow

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img

London, Jan 6: England wicketkeeper batter Johnny Bairstow feels if India opt for turning pitches during the five-Test series later this month, “it will negate bit of their strength in their seam attack”.
England had lost the Test series 1-3 to India on spin-friendly tracks during their 2021 tour of the country.
“India can produce different pitches: it doesn’t have to turn. We’ve seen how potent their seam attack has been recently,” Bairstow told Sky Sports.
“Look, I’m sure the pitches will turn: it’s whether or not they’ll turn from day one, which potentially negates a bit of their strength in their seam attack. We know how strong they are,” he added.
The 34-year-old added that he does not want to overthink the challenge of facing spin bowling in India.
“Obviously, the last time Axar and Ashwin played well. You forget that in that first Test match, the guys played really well, Rooty (Joe Root) got a double in the first Test match in Chennai and then conditions changed quite drastically.” “We know that it’s the quality spinners, especially in India, we know that they are going to come at us. Whether Axar plays, whether he doesn’t play. Whether Jadeja plays or Kuldeep plays, who knows? “We’ll have to wait and see. But there’s no point in overthinking things before their squad’s announced before we see the pitch and the conditions that (are) in front of us.” Bairstow said the onus will be on the entire team and not just the spinners to pick wickets. (PTI)

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

Heroin worth Rs 60 lakh seized in EJH; duo held

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Aug 26: The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of East Jaintia Hills Police on Tuesday arrested...

Meghalaya Nuggets

IIM inks MoU to promote financial literacy in state SHILLONG, Aug 26: In a bid to promote financial literacy...

AI chatbots inconsistent in handling suicide-related queries, reveals study

A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally...

Report reveals 2.1 bn people lack access to safe drinking water

A whopping 2.1 billion people or one in every four people globally lack access to safely managed drinking...