Photo: Getty ImagesYou'd hope New Zealand's spinners spent as much time as they could watching India's clever spin pair at work during the first test at Kanpur. For all three New Zealanders, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner and Mark Craig, it was their first test in India. In terms of experience they can't hope to compete with offspinner Ravi Ashwin and left armer Ravi Jadeja, who shared 16 New Zealand wickets between them. He'd whistled his way through the last three New Zealand wickets to wrap up the test. ''The ball was spinning sharply and there are a couple of world class spinners in the Indian lineup," Williamson said highlighting the challenges for New Zealand's batsmen.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 26, 2016 19:07 UTC