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Ravindra Jadeja (Source - X)
India's star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja feels that spinners will be crucial during the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 super 8 stage set to commence on June 19. Notably, it clearly seems that Rohit Sharma and Co. have played all of their matches on the New York wickets, where the conditions were more favourable for fast bowlers than for spinners.
Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja has enough experience playing on turning wickets in India to have an understanding of what to expect from the conditions in the Caribbean islands. The left-handed batter believes that the ground will be drier than usual as the matches for Team India are set to be played in the morning. He continued by saying that while spinners will be crucial in the game's middle overs, they may also damage batters in the death overs.
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"Whenever we play in the West Indies, the wicket remains a bit slow and dry. The match timing is also in the morning so spinners will have help. Even in India, there are many wickets where spinners get help. So it is a good thing that spinners will get help here in the middle overs. You could see spinners being used in the death overs as well," Ravindra Jadeja said on Star Sports.
I had played the T20I series against West Indies last year: Ravindra Jadeja
The 35-year-old cricket player stated that India might play the match with four spinners. In addition, the CSK star further cast concern on the possibility of the team getting a used wicket as a plethora of the T20 World Cup 2024 matches have been played at the same cricket stadium on the same pitch. He continued to explain that he made an appearance in the West Indies series, which took place in the days following India's crushing loss to Australia by 209 runs in the 2023 World Test Championship Final at the Oval in London.
"The spinners do get help in the West Indies and so I think four spinners are picked in the squad. I had played the T20I series against West Indies last year and it was a good series for the spinners so I expect similar pitches," he added further.