"Spinners are being ignored": Former Indian spinner says art dies in India

Kuldeep Yadav needs to develop more variations, said Laxman Sivaramakrishnan. (File photo / Reuters)

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, one of India’s top spinning players in the 1980s, said that cricket is played in such a way in India these days that the art of spinning bowling is becoming extinct. He predicted that there will be no good spinners in the country after the current generation.

“I feel like the spinners are being ignored. The current batch is trying, but after this, I don’t think we have good spinners in India, “Sivaramakrishnan told WV Raman during an episode of the chat show” Inside Out “.

“The captaincy has turned negative in terms of not giving races and keeping it tight. You cannot see the position of the attack field to a rotating bowling alley. That means he is waiting for the batter to make mistakes and fall down into the depths and not into slips or the short leg forward, ”he explained.

He suggested that the Indian national team appoint a spinning specialist coach.

Speaking about Kuldeep Yadav, he said that Indian roulette needs to develop more variations.

“He performed better under Gavaskar because he planned, not Kapil”

Sivaramakrishnan, a leg spinner who made his Indian debut at age 16 in 1983, had been called a “wizard boy” because of how he had an instant impact on international cricket but had little impact after the hugely successful World Cup of 1985. Championship campaign.

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He explained that the performance of spinners has a lot to do with how their captains plan situations with them.

“I always performed very well with (Sunil) Gavaskar and not so much with Kapil Dev. Kapil was a very instinctive captain, while Gavaskar was a captain who would plan things … who would tell him what he expected of you,” he said.