When Australia visited India earlier this year, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared 46 wickets between them to bowl India to a 2-1 series victory. However, captain Steve Smith believes that the one-day side is better equipped to handle spin in the forthcoming five-match series in India. "(I am) not sure the one-day wickets will present quite as much spin (as) perhaps some of the test wickets. "It's always a hard-fought contest playing against India and we're excited by the challenge of playing over here," the 28-year-old said. "It' s always tough playing India in India.

Source: dna September 11, 2017 07:07 UTC