Team India Has A Variety Of Spin Options, Says Bharat Arun

Coach Bharat Arun also heaped praises on Umesh Shadav and Mohammed Shami, who performed exceedingly well against South Africa

India bowling coach Bharat Arun heaped praises on the bowling trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, saying that he believes the Indian cricket team at present has a variety of options when it comes to having quality spinners and anyone of them can be picked depending upon the conditions on offer. "He (Ashwin) is among the best spinners in the world, top class, and is approaching 400 Test wickets. In fact Ashwin went to England and Australia as our No. 1 spinner then ran into fitness issues," Arun said in an interview to The Hindu. "Ravindra Jadeja grabbed his chance, giving us control with the ball, solidity with the bat and fielding brilliantly. Away from home, if we have to pick one of the two in the eleven, it will be horses for courses looking at the conditions and the opposition. "Then we have Kuldeep Yadav who picked five with his wrist spin in his last Test in Sydney. We have an embarrassment of riches," he added. The bowling coach also heaped praises on Umesh Shadav and Mohammed Shami, who performed exceedingly well against South Africa. "He's (Umesh) strong and quick and now he is bowling in better channels, making the batsman play around the off-stump. He's got reverse swing, has a nasty short ball. He and Shami, who is fast, accurate and dangerous, are a potent combination," said Arun. "We not only have quality pace bowlers but quality fast bowlers with different skill sets. And unlike in the past where we had one or two exceptional bowlers, we now have a bunch of pacemen who can bowl at over 140 kmph," he added. Giving an update on Jasprit Bumrah's injury, Arun said he will not be needing any surgery as off now and is expected to make a return before the New Zealand Test series. "Fast bowling is an unnatural activity. Despite our best efforts there can be no guarantees. We expect Bumrah to be back sooner than later, hopefully in time for the New Zealand Test series that is our next big challenge. As of now, he doesn't need surgery," said Arun.