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Lessons from first T20: India should think twice before preparing turning wickets this season

Turners are a rarity in T20 cricket. The unfamiliarity manifested in Ranchi, as spinners of both sides prospered; India’s trio of Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav and part-timer Deepak Hooda conceded only 56 runs for three wickets in 10 overs; New Zealand’s threesome of Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell and Ish Sodhi gave away 72 runs in eleven overs, but shared five wickets among themselves. It was a shootout of spinners that New Zealand emerged victorious—by 21 runs. This should rankle India even more, that they lost on a turner, their strongest suit, where they are expected to shrug off opponents with the ease of swatting a pesky fly aside. Except that, in every department, New Zealanders trumped the Indians, be it bowling spin, playing spin or chalking out a workable method to bat...