So, yet again we go on a tour fearing pacers and then dole out wickets to a spinner

[Texan]

Sound familiar?

[mancalledsting]

Southampton 2014 Durban 2013 At home Mumbai 2012

[fineleg]

Where are the batsmen who gora spinners used to fear ?? :(( The Azhars, the Gavaskars, the Srikkanths, (sixer sidhu) Navjot Sidhus ( the Laxmans, the Gangulys (killed 'em SLAs), the Sehwags (butcher), Gambhir (super spin player)!!! These days we are tentative against spin (except M.Vijay played Lyon well)

[Ultimate_Game]

What's happening to us? No matter how bad the pitch, giving up boatloads of wkts to the likes of Moeen Ali and Lyon is pathetic.

[BeautifulGame]

Worst is the way Pujara and Rohit .Very soft dismissals At least Rahane got very good delivery and Saha got unlucky decision

[sweetaskandy]

Gifted? Lyon bowled beautifully. Credit where it is due.

[Trichromatic]

Five out of the last eight five-fors against India have been taken by off spinners.

[Ultimate_Game]

Five out of the last eight five-fors against India have been taken by off spinners.

Sad indeed when we can't even play spinners.

[Old guy]

look at bright side we are playing right arm fast ,left arm fast and all other types of spin well :yay:

[Gollum]

Good that we don't play padosis any time soon. Absolutely pathetic to see us bottle it against spinners all the time these days. Is it the domestic system that has stopped producing the Azhars, Sidhus and Laxmans? Lack of good spinners + no more raging turners seems to have diminished our play against spin bowling.

[Texan]

Gifted? Lyon bowled beautifully. Credit where it is due.

So did Warne in numerous Test matches against us, but that did not stop us from carting him all over the park.

[Lord]

Pujara used to be so good vs spin.Destroyed Swann,Monty and Lyon on square turners.Dunno what happened

[fineleg]

country of sixer sidhu, once upon a time

[rkt.india]

Pujara used to be so good vs spin.Destroyed Swann' date='Monty and Lyon on square turners.Dunno what happened [/quote'] not turn but bounce is troubling here.

[Vilander]

its the bounce,they are playing the turn well. Ashwin might have worked in this pitch, but amazed why Ishant is not making it work..perplexing. Last day is about handling pressure, down to Pujara, Vijay and Kholi they bat 80 overs then its a draw if not, adios.

[rkt.india]

They need to play him from backfoot as much as possible. Dont jump forward on every ball.

[gattaca]

They need to play him from backfoot as much as possible. Dont jump forward on every ball.

rahane did but got out. you cant always be on backfoot.

[putrevus]

they need to attack him and get him off the his length, he was allowed to bowl that line and length. I dont know what Saha was doing yesterday after nohit got out instead of attacking him he kept defending. Shami did better than many batsmen against him. With huge lead behind him if Indians are defending him they are playing right into his hand .

[rajmarie]

Indian batsman like Pujara, Rahane & Rohit allowed Lyon to keep bowling the same....ie pitching it is rough & let it do the job. Unlike Vijay & Kohli....these other didn't looked to score runs...and forced Lyon to do something else. Hence they got under pressure & resulted in soft & pathetic looking dismissal. Throwing there wickets like this is now nothing new for our Indian superstars...specially to spinners from opposition who are not known for great spinning performances.

[Texan]

They need to play him from backfoot as much as possible. Dont jump forward on every ball.

Absolutely not. That is exactly what Lyon wants. They need to use their feet. Look at the way Vijay handled him. Using feet is not always an aggressive option, you can also block after getting to the pitch of the ball. It is used to smother the spin.