Ex-England skipper Kevin Pietersen dissects how England can take on spin duo Ashwin-Jadeja for the India Test tour
Former skipper of England cricket team Kevin Pietersen believes that the threat of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja can be negated in the spin-friendly conditions in India as England will look to put to rest the decade-long curse of not winning a Test series in India.
Pietersen explained in an interview how he was able to pick the doosra from Ashwin. He said,” He used to load the ball at the back of his run-up, and I think he still does that now. He never ran up with the ball in his hand as an off-spinner and changed it late for the doosra; you can’t do that. He loaded it up early."
He added, “I was 100 percent confident when he was going to bowl it, and you’d see how many times I hit him over the off side. I’d see the doosra at the back of his mark, and because he had a stacked leg-side field because the ball was turning so much, I’d think four or six.”