Indian Spinners Will Struggle In Australia Compare To Their Fast Bowling : Ricky Pointing

Mumbai: Praising Indian fast bolwers Australian former captain Ricky Ponting said India pace attack that has kept them well ahead of their rivals in Test rankings and the World Championship.

However, Ponting does feel that Indian spinners have found it difficult in Australian conditions as compared to Nathan Lyon.

Based on this fact, Ponting says that he would like the Australian attack on India. “I’m doing my work every day of the week,” Ponting told Cricket.com. “India is fantastic; (Jasprit) Bumrah and (Mohammed) Shami have been doing awesome for the last few years and then you put Umesh Yadav in the equation with Ishant Sharma, they’ve got some very, very good fast bowlers.”

He said, “And when you (Ravichandran) put Ashwin and Ravindra in Jadeja’s hands, their attack is very good.” But his spinners are more in the conflict in Australia, Nathan Lyon has a better record in Australia than Indian spinners.”

In addition, Ponting says, left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc brings with him little difference to the Australian bowling attack. “And I like the variation in the line-up with Michelle Stark; That left arch offers something different. And he bowled as well as I never saw him, so there are some better signs for this Australian attack.

“I can’t see how there’ll be any changes (to the XI for the series opener). It’s been hard for them (the bowlers) here. It hasn’t been hot, but the wicket has been flat and hard and they’ve run in and kept grinding away like they always do. With a week off now, they will freshen up and I’d expect the same XI,” he said.

Australia on Tuesday named a 13-man squad for the three Tests against New Zealand starting later this month and Ponting feels that the hosts will field the same playing XI that starred in a 2-0 clean sweep of Pakistan.

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