The first Test against Australia at Nagpur could pose a plethora of questions to India’s vaunted batting order, with turning wickets testing their techniques and temperaments. Express takes stock of the spin conundrum.
Suryakumar Yadav set to play
With a rank turner on cards at Nagpur, India are set to unleash Suryakumar Yadav in the middle order for his counter-attacking skills. Ironically, it could well be Surya’s T20 skills that might have pushed his case at the Test level. The thinking is that on a turner, any batsman might be undone by a brute and so, it would be prudent to go after the runs with some dare-devilry. Suryakumar has the shots against spin – from the conventional & reverse sweeps and slog sweeps to the inside-out aerial hits.