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Nagpur: Two days before the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar series, the pitch at the VCA Stadium looks quite dry. Recently, in a Ranji Trophy match, left-arm spinners dominated here. There are speculations in the Australian media that India may go with four spinners in the first Test. It will be known only at the time of the toss that how many spinners go down, but looking at the pitch, it is certain that both the teams will definitely go with three specialist spinners each.

Indian team vice-captain Lokesh Rahul said on Tuesday, ‘We want to have three spinners in the playing XI because we are playing in India. We will take a decision on this on the day of the match or a day before that. Now it has to be seen how much spin is felt in the playing XI.

pitch estimation
India: KL Rahul said – It is too early to find out about the mood of the pitch. We will have to come here on match day and assess it. We can only watch it and guess what its mood will be like.
Australia: Steve Smith said – the pitch is very dry. I believe the spinners will get help on this one. Left-arm spinners in particular will be effective against left-handed batsmen. One area of ​​the pitch is completely dry.

Rahul will be happy
Captain Rohit Sharma is back in the team and Rahul was asked if he would like to bat in the middle order, as he did during his Test debut in 2014. Rahul said, ‘If such a need arises, I will be happy. I have always played according to the needs of the team. Whatever the team asks me to do, I try and be fully prepared for that and try to give my best for the team. If there is anything the team wants me to do here, I will be happy to do so.

nine spinners for practice
The Indian team is also not taking the Australian attack lightly. The team practiced against nine spinners in the net session on Tuesday. In this, four spinners are part of the 15-member squad while five are players associated with India ‘A’ and domestic teams. While Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav looked to conserve their energy for the five-day match, off-spinners Pulkit Narang and Jayant Yadav, along with leg-spinner Rahul Chahar and left-armers R Sai Kishore and Saurabh Kumar, kept the Indian team alive. Gave the batsmen practice.

While Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli were seen playing sweep shots, Cheteshwar Pujara was batting well ahead of the crease to reduce the effect of off-spin. Indian head coach Rahul Dravid spent a lot of time with Gill. During this, the coach told this young player how to keep the ball down during the sweep shot.

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