Team India is equipped for the upcoming five-match Test sequence towards England. The first Test will kick-start from Thursday in Hyderabad. Team India’s bowling unit consists of Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mukesh Kumar within the tempo division. On the opposite hand, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja will deal with the spin division. Ahead of the primary Test, former England skipper Michael Vaughan has warned the Indian group of getting ready overly spin-friendly pitches within the sequence. 

Vaughan acknowledged that if India implement rank turners, then Jack Leach will probably be enjoying a vital for England. The Ben Stokes-led facet have gotten Leach, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir as their spinners. 

“I think it would be a big mistake if the pitches spin hugely from ball one of the series. Spinning pitches bring Jack Leach and the young spinners England have selected into the game. Is Leach a better spinner than Jadeja? No. But if you give him a turning pitch, and England bat first, he will be right in the game,” Vaughan wrote in his column for the Telegraph.

“Equally, when the ball spins big, I think India’s batting can be vulnerable, and England will bowl them out. If the pitches are flatter, India will score thousands, and also have the bowlers to work England out,” he added.

Earlier, former England skipper Michael Atherton acknowledged India’s superior spin assault will win them the Test sequence towards Ben Stokes and Co. 

“I think India will win. Their spinners are better than England’s and that will be the defining thing in the end,” Atherton had instructed Skysports.

“If you go to India, spin will play a big part, it historically has done and I suspect it always will do. India do have a very strong seam attack as well,” he added. 

(With PTI Inputs)