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- Updated: September 19, 2016
With all the talk around the pitches and South Africa’s capitulation in the Test series last season, the failure of India’s frontline batsmen against spin didn’t quite come under the scanner. Those were some of the toughest pitches to bat on, but if India continue with their strategy of playing on similar tracks, they can’t always rely on Ravindra Jadeja and the tail to rescue them. Ajinkya Rahane, the only centurion in that home series, spoke of the need to bat better against the New Zealand spinners, who are a more formidable test than Simon Harmer, Imran Tahir and Dane Piedt.
“We don’t take anyone lightly,” Rahane said of the New Zealand spinners, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner and Mark Craig. “While we respect them, our plan is to not let them settle down and dominate them.”
India began their training in Kanpur on Sunday before the first Test starting Thursday. After a surprise rain shower cut short their first training session, the Test squad had extended practice a couple of hours on either side of Rahane’s press conference.
New Zealand’s practice hasn’t been ideal, partly because of the packed international calendar. Playing in the …
