The Surfer

Where are the Test bowlers for India?

Harsha Bhogle asks the embarrassing question at espnstar.com .

Harsha Bhogle asks the embarrassing question at espnstar.com.

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I guess the pecking order at the moment is Zaheer Khan, RP Singh and Sreesanth. But it is a pretty tiny list. Who is India's no. 4 seamer? And, since we must ask embarrassing questions, who is no. 5? Irfan Pathan might give the impression of a renaissance and more than anyone else I wish that were true. He is bowling well in one-day cricket but you can be a good one-day bowler without really threatening to take wickets all the time. The in-swing surfaces occasionally but his best ball is the slow cutter and that is not the best weapon in a test match.

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Sriram Veera is a former staff writer at ESPNcricinfo