Like Australia, India too have opted to place their spin bowling faith in left-arm bowlers Axar Patel, young and inexperienced, and Ravindra Jadeja, experienced but woefully short of match practice owing to an injury. Off-spinner R Ashwin too is around, evidently as a cover against teams with more than a fair share of left-hand batsmen.
Significantly, co-hosts New Zealand have turned back the clock and gone for RCB coach and ageing war horse Daniel Vettori, while another veteran, Ranganna Herath, carries Sri Lanka's spin bowling hopes on his left shoulder.
In 2011, when India won the World Cup on home soil, the rules governing field restrictions were different: a total of five fielders were allowed outside the inner circle.
But the following year, ICC changed the rules of ODI cricket whereby not more than four fielders are permitted in the outfield at any stage of the innings.
The objective was to promote more scoring opportunities and make the game more thrilling for spectators. But in the process, spinners, already at their wits end to contain batsmen in this form of the game, have been dealt a further blow to the extent that the days of a conventional leg spinner is all but over in ODIs.
Former Test off-spinner EAS Prasanna, ever aggressive in outlook, believes that the trick is in giving the ball a real rip.
"The width of the bat is a mere 4.25 inches. Spinners who really turn the ball from a length will ensure that the batsman does not always connect with the meat of the bat and hence their chance of inducing a mishit would be far higher."
Meanwhile, Karnataka bowling coach Mansoor Ali Khan, a smart thinker who optimized his skills to play alongside more accomplished pacemen Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Dodda Ganesh and David Johnson, revealed that left-arm spinners were relatively more difficult to hit than off-spinners and leg-spinners.
"We re-confirmed this in the Vijay Hazare and Deodhar Trophy where under the new rules, even Harbhajan Singh was struggling to complete his quota of overs. On the other hand, a part-time bowler like Yuvraj Singh was more successful. We too blooded a very young left-arm spinner (J Suchith) for the same reason and met with success."
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