India’s’ Competent Pace-Attack Will Help the Team to be More Successful in Foreign Conditions – Ian Bishop

Aug 8, 2017 at 11:18 AM

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India’s’ Competent Pace-Attack Will Help the Team to be More Successful in Foreign Conditions – Ian Bishop

Former West Indies bowler Ian Bishop has said India’s current pace-attack will help the team to perform well in overseas conditions. 

India is yet to lose a series under Virat Kohli’s captaincy since he led the team against Sri Lanka in 2015 which was his first full series as captain.

India had won that series 2-1 which was their first Test series win in Sri Lanka after 22 years. After that, the Kohli-led side had defeated South Africa 3-0 before the mammoth 2016-17 season where they defeated West Indies (2-0), New Zealand (3-0), England (4-0), Bangladesh (1-0) and Australia (2-1), respectively. The winning streak continued in the ongoing series against Sri Lanka, as the world number one Test team wrapped up the three-match series by winning the second Test on Sunday (August 6).

And while the team has proved its mettle in the favourable conditions, many feel that Kohli & Co. are yet to face the real challenge when they travel outside the subcontinent. However, Bishop feels India’s ‘competent’ pace-attack can help the team do well in foreign conditions.

“It’s good, it’s good. Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah – they’re all good,” he told PakPassion.net.

Bishop (L) with current India coach Ravi Shastri and Clive Lloyd (Credits: Getty)

“They all bring different skill-sets. Bumrah’s changes of pace and yorkers, Bhuvneshwar swings the ball and he’s had to adapt his game to different pitches and conditions now. He’s put on a little bit of pace too. Shami and Yadav are very sharp and quick. So it’s competent,” he added.

The cricketer-turned-commentator further said that India’s current pace-attack is the best he has seen.

The Indian pacers have already proved their worth by performing brilliantly in not-so friendly conditions during the mammoth home season. On the slower pitches, the likes of Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami have troubled the batsmen with their pace and swing and have played an integral role in the team’s dominating performance in the last couple of years.

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