This can be a signal that India are trusting the standard of their spin bowling to attract extra out of a pitch that might not be as responsive as a few of these prior to now; that their expertise will assist them get one over on an opposition that shall be fronting up with a debutant in Shoaib Bashir, who has ten first-class wickets to his identify, to go along with Hartley and Rehan Ahmed, who’re on their first tour of India. Jack Leach, England’s most skilled spinner, is out with a knee damage.
