India vs England: Why is it nearly impossible to score big runs against R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel on turning tracks
Monty Panesar’s wicket of Sachin Tendulkar in the 2012 series is probably a dream dismissal for any spinner. The ball pitched on the middle stump and turned sharply to hit the top of the off-stump, while the batter was trying to work the ball on the leg side. The ball after pitching fizzed through giving the batter no time to adjust. The speed gun read 95.4 KPH.
“I think when you are bowling quicker and bowling a good delivery the batter then neither commits forward or back which makes it difficult,” Panesar told The Indian Express. This is where the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel have been lethal in home conditions. Though there is help from the pitches the Indian trio has been quicker through the air not giving the batters enough time to adjust and then ...