Spinners In India And Pakistan Test: Be it India or Pakistan, spinners are playing the role everywhere. The entire test match was completed in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and the fast bowler from Pakistan did not bowl a single ball. On the other hand, the power of spinners is also being seen in Pune, India. Spinners seem to be dominating in both the countries.
Pacer did not bowl even a single ball in Rawalpindi
The third and last Test of the three-match Test series between Pakistan and England was played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Pakistan won the match and won the series. The interesting thing is that in this match, Pakistan captain Shan Masood got all the overs bowled by the spinners in both the innings. No fast bowler bowled a single ball in the entire match.
Only two spinners took 19 wickets for Pakistan, in which Sadiz Khan took 10 wickets and Noman Ali took 9 wickets. Zahid Mahmood took one wicket for the rest of Pakistan.
Spinners dominate in Pune too
The second match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. The third day of the competition continues on Saturday (26 October). Excellent spin was seen in the Pune Test from the very first day.
In the Test that started on Thursday (24 October) in Pune, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat. New Zealand, who came to bat first, scored 259 runs. During this, Team India’s star spinner Washington Sundar took 7 wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets.
Then in its first innings to bat, Team India was all out for 156 runs. During this, spinner Mitchell Santner took 3 wickets and Glenn Phillips took 2 wickets for New Zealand. Only one wicket went to fast bowler Tim Southee. Now the fourth innings of the match and the second innings of Team India is going on. The spinners seem to be dominating even in the fourth innings.
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