PAARL, South Africa (Reuters) – India captain KL Rahul says South Africa will face a trial by spin in the primary two One-Day Internationals of the three-match sequence beginning on Wednesday that will probably be performed on the slower, decrease pitch at Boland Park.
India had to take care of tempo and bounce in their 2-1 check sequence loss to South Africa, however will discover situations extra like dwelling in Paarl.
South Africa have had properly documented troubles towards spin in the previous and Rahul believes the returning Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal will probably be a handful for the hosts in the primary two video games, with the third to be staged at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.
“We have practiced for a couple of days at Boland Park and the pitch does seem like it would supply a lot extra for the spinners than what we noticed in the check sequence,” Rahul advised reporters.
“We have high quality spinners. Ashwin is coming again into the one-day group and everyone knows what high quality he brings. And Chahal has been a nice performer for us for a variety of years.
“If there’s any assist from the pitch, I do know these two can exploit it. So they grow to be actually necessary for us.”
India haven’t chosen a full-strength squad for an ODI sequence since their 2-1 dwelling win over England in March.
Since then, Rahul has taken over the captaincy from Virat Kohli and for what’s the begin of their build-up to the 2023 Cricket World Cup that India will host.
“We have sat down as a group and had an sincere speak about what are the issues we are able to enhance and what can we get higher at. Everyone is dedicated to it. We have the World Cup in thoughts and we have now a course of we have now all determined to observe,” Rahul stated.
“All these video games grow to be actually necessary for us to go on the market and attempt to develop as a group, and do all of the issues that we spoke about.
“We will not be a group that’s scared to strive a few issues as a result of our focus is on the World Cup and to attempt to get the most effective group out on the park.”
(Reporting by Nick Said; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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