New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi praised the skills that Indian cricketers possess and also their willingness to share the knowledge with anyone who approaches them. He specially mentioned about Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal, who he considers as friends.
“You start off with respect and want to tap into their brains. These are all very helpful guys more than willing to share their experiences,” Sodhi told PTI during an interview. “Chahal is a great person to tap into. He is completely a different bowler, big hearted. It is great to rub shoulders with these guys and listen to their experiences.”
Ish Sodhi said he is impressed by Ashwin’s range of tricks and Jadeja’s work ethic.
“I was speaking to Jadeja the other day about how he goes on with his training. Talking to Ashwin about the carrom ball and the googly he bowls despite being an off-spinner. It’s crazy,” Sodhi said.
“Like Rishabh, who is one of the most destructive hitters of spin. I would ask him what are the lengths that are hardest to hit. I have never seen someone with that kind of reach when he is attacking the spinners,” said the spinner.
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Although he dismissed Virat Kohli quite a few times, he doesn’t find any weakness in the Indian captain’s game.
“Even though leg spinners get him out, he scores a lot of runs off them as well. Virat is a batsman you need to constantly attack or else he puts the pressure back on you. You need to come up with plans and be really courageous while bowling to him,” added Sodhi.
However, he is not a part of the New Zealand Test squad which will take on India, he gave his insights on what the spinners could do.
“Spinners would need to keep the stumps in play (bowl the stump line). In NZ, even for those who turn the ball away from right handers, LBW is the mode of dismissal. Keeping it nice and straight. You have to be smart with your fields for Indian batsmen. You need to have people at the boundary as these are guys who are very good at picking the length,” he concluded.
