Former India cricketer Murali Kartik feels the art of spin bowling in India has been slowly dying. The former left-arm tweaker who played eight Tests and 37 ODIs for India, shared his views.

“We still want a (Muttiah) Muralitharan, a (Shane) Warne or a Daniel Vettori who can beat the batsmen in the air and be aggressive in their own way. That is missing right now,” Kartik said.

“There was a time when many spinners failed to get selected in their respective state teams as there was tough competition. But, now the Indian spin bowling coffer is literally bare, by which I mean old-fashioned spinners. There are some who can dart the ball but a spinner is someone who spins,” he added.

The 43-year-old, further shared that it was heartening see the drop of the quality.

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“Nowadays, one can stand and deposit a bowler right behind his head. I feel the drop in quality. We were taught that we had to outfox batsmen in the flight or get hit. Our escape route was not to push fielders at long on or long off and get a catch,” Kartik expressed. “From 2011 to 2014, Indian cricket changed after we lost 0-4, 0-4 to Australia and England. We got wickets on pitches that were conducive for seamers.”

Murali Kartik also shared advice for wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

“There are certain technical things for Kuldeep Yadav to do. He should not increase pace as it would be counterproductive for him,” he said.

The former player also agreed with Murali Kartik and also shared his views.

“I can understand that with the advent of T20 cricket, a lot has changed but the basics cannot change. This generation of spinners are more scared of getting hit. Rarely would someone say I will get the batsman out at slip or silly point. That is a paradigm shit in the mindset of spinners,” Dasgupta concluded.