England confronted a 1-3 defeat within the Check sequence towards India in 2021 on spin-friendly tracks throughout their earlier tour of the nation.”India can produce completely different pitches: it does not have to show. We have seen how potent their seam assault has been lately,” Bairstow informed Sky Sports activities.
“Look, I am positive the pitches will flip: it is whether or not or not they’re going to flip from day one, which doubtlessly negates a little bit of their power of their seam assault. We all know how sturdy they’re,” he added.
The 34-year-old emphasised that he prefers to not dwell an excessive amount of on the problem of confronting spin bowling in India.
“Clearly, the final time Axar and Ashwin performed effectively. You neglect that in that first Check match, the fellows performed very well, Rooty (Joe Root) bought a double within the first Check match in Chennai after which situations modified fairly drastically.”
“We all know that it is the high quality spinners, particularly in India, we all know that they’re going to come at us. Whether or not Axar performs, whether or not he does not play. Whether or not Jadeja performs or Kuldeep performs, who is aware of?
“We’ll have to attend and see. However there is no level in overthinking issues earlier than their squad’s introduced earlier than we see the pitch and the situations that (are) in entrance of us.”
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Bairstow talked about that the duty for taking wickets lies not solely on the spinners however on the complete crew.
“I believe it is going to be the entire bowling assault’s effort to go on the market to take 20 wickets but it surely’s not simply the spinners. The seamers have gotten a giant job to do, the batters within the subject have large jobs to do.”
With fellow wicketkeeper Ben Foakes incomes a recall to the England crew for the sequence, Bairstow is not sure who might be donning the wicketkeeper’s gloves in India.
“I’ve not spoken to anybody about that. So long as I am over there, so long as I am match and firing, the choice selections might be taken out of my arms. However look, I am pretty proud of the place I am at, whether or not I am holding, batting or no matter it’s.”
Defending champions England had a depressing ODI World Cup in India final yr and with the Check sequence quickly approaching, Bairstow desires to “get himself right into a place the place he can go and tackle an Indian Check”.
“I have been getting my ankle proper, simply coaching within the health club fairly laborious, catching up with family and friends.”
“Having come again from the damage that I had, it was a fairly full-on summer season… it has been nice to simply have a little bit of a refresh, have a little bit of time with the household and simply to verify the ankle is nearly as good as it may be.”
The five-Check sequence begins on January 25 in Hyderabad.
(With PTI Inputs)
