India Should Play Both Ravindra Jadeja And Ravichandran Ashwin In WTC Final: Maninder Singh
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Maninder Singh, former India cricketer believes Virat Kohli and the team management should use the most potent spin-bowling combination in world cricket to their advantage and play both Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin together in the WTC final starting on June 18 in Southampton.
Two sides possessing just the perfect combination of swing, seam, youth, and experience to make that ball talk. Ideally, there could not have been a better setting for the seamers vs batsmen battle in the World Test Championship final in England with the Dukes' ball. But India, unlike their opponents New Zealand, has the ability to test the batsmen not only with pace but also with spin.
Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin AFPTheAgeas Bowl - one of England's modern Test venues - has shown little signs of being drastically different compared to the other grounds in the country. In other words, swing bowlers have dominated the proceedings here, picking 137 of the 176 wickets in the 6 Tests.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja's record at the venue doesn't ooze much confidence either. In his only Test in 2014, Ravindra Jadeja picked up 5 wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin in his lone attempt here in 2018, could manage only 3. But in both of those Tests, the opposition finger spinner Moeen Ali, picked up a total of 17 wickets, scripting India's downfall not once but twice.
Maninder Singh gave no hints to suggest his fondness for Moeen Ali's off-spin either but he sure does know a thing or two about the importance of spin-bowling in England. A bright spot in India's 1986 tour to England, the former left-arm spinner said the Indian finger spinners can play a decisive role in the WTC final.
