Scott Styris said that Australia have a better seam attack than India heading into the World Test Championship (WTC) final. However, he feels India will have the advantage if the pitch helps the spinners. However, India and Australia will take on each other in the WTC final at The Oval in London from Wednesday, June 7.
While previewing the game on JioCinema, Styris said: “I am a big fan of Australia’s fast-bowling contingent. I think they are the best in the world at the moment. India is not too far behind, I will be honest, but then you always had better spinners than Australia. I say that with all due respect to Nathan Lyon, who I think is just phenomenal in Australia in particular, that’s my subjective view, less so in England. Depending on the surface, if the spinners can have a real major say, India will have the advantage.”
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However, Nathan Lyon, with 83 scalps in 19 Tests, is the highest wicket-taker in the current WTC cycle as well. On the other hand, veteran India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have claimed 61 and 43 dismissals in 13 and 12 matches respectively in this period as well.
Scott Styris further opined on the Indian batters who would have to do the heavy lifting in the WTC final. He also predicted an Indian win, saying that they are going to make up for their loss to New Zealand in the first WTC final as well.
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“The same heavy-lifting batters that India has had for the last few years. I will look to Pujara. He has gained invaluable experience playing for Sussex and that would do wonders I think for him. Steve Smith has done the same for the same side, so that’s a good little subplot I guess to the final. It’s going to be the Kohlis, Pujaras and Rohits. It’s going to be Steve Smith, Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja. Big games require your big players to stand up, that’s why they are the big players, because they are used to doing this under the most pressure,” Scott
Styris concluded.
