Ojha has changed the thinking of modern spinners
In the Hindu , Makarand Waingankar writes that a delightful outcome of effective strategy management in the T20 format is the emergence and handling of spinners
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In the Hindu, Makarand Waingankar writes that a delightful outcome of effective strategy management in the T20 format is the emergence and handling of spinners. Taking Pragyan Ojha as an example, both Dhoni and Kirsten have used him as an attacking bowler, primarily to take wickets without being too bothered about leaking the odd boundary.
In Wadekar’s and Hemu Adhikari’s scheme of things, they needed to block one end up with Venkat and attack with Bedi and Chandrashekar. And being a brilliant close in-fielder, Venkataraghavan added value to his presence on the field. Pataudi used Abid Ali and Eknath Solkar in close in fielding positions while picking all three attacking spinners. Both the moves worked well.
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Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo