Marnus Labuschagne on Playing Spin and Bracing for Ashwin | CBTF News

Australia is on the tour of India for the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the 4-match 

test

 series. They have lost back-to-back three BGT series against 

India. According to the 

cricket news, 

Australia has lost the last two series at home. India was on a tour of Australia in 2020-21 and lost the first match by a big margin. Men in Blue got all out on 36 runs, and it was heartbreaking for India and its fans. India came back in the next game and leveled the series. After the end of the series, India won the series against Australia in their home, and it was 

cricket news for India.

 Australia will be looking forward to winning the series in India, and the role of Marnus Labuschange becomes crucial. Marnus is one of the leading run scorers of Australia in tests, and he talked about playing against spin and Ashwin as he is the biggest threat for Australia. Indian subcontinent pitches help spinners to get more turns and stand the batsman in the middle.

 Ashwin

 plays Chess with the opponent batter on the field in cricket matches. Australian player Marnus Labuschange talked about tackling spinners and their players' mindset.

 Labuschagne said that Australia has had very good batters over the years, and all have faced two major challenges - India and 

England

. On English pitches, there are two swings, while Indian pitches have too much spin. He added that it is a stepping stone for him and looking forward to testing himself.

 If we see the 

world cricket news, Australia recently played a 

test

 in 

Pakistan and 

Sri Lanka. It will help the Australian team to prepare for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Sri Lanka pitches are closer to the Indian pitches. Recently, Pakistan has prepared the worst pitches, and it won’t help much. On the other hand, both teams lack an experienced spinner like Ashwin, while India is full of spinners, and they have the biggest bench strength. Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravi Ashwin are equally dangerous.

 The battle between Ashwin and Steve Smith will be a treat to watch, and Ashwin has set up Smith previously. On the other hand, Smith is the greatest test player of all time and is present at 2nd position in the 

ICC player ranking. Ashwin has a great sense of the game and is always trying something new. He manufactures over in different ways as he might be attacking the inside edge, and suddenly, he will bowl an undercut that will catch you in the first slip. He keeps mixing and puts the batter under pressure.

 Ashwin is another league player as he can be ready to bowl the ugly bowl in terms of becoming more effective. Very few players have this courage. Labuschagne added that he made a plan to tackle Aswin. Sweeping is one of them and many batters use it to play against the spinner. He has another plan to play late against the spinner to see the last-moment spin and improvise their plan according to it.

 In this digital era, everyone has excess footage of players, and they can analyze the weaknesses of other players. When Marnus was asked about it, Ashwin must have seen lots of footage, and he can come up with a plan to track the players. Batters can also track the bowler, and he answered the difficulty of tracking. Betters have to look for angles, like an over-the-top seam, undercut seam, real undercut ball, and his action on the crease. Everything matters on the crease.

 When batters start playing shots, the run rate goes high, and it makes the bowler think and puts pressure on them. They started defending a little more, and it continued creating pressure. It will provide the batter with many scoring options.

 A lot of overseas batters came to India and played the battle against spin in their head rather than on the field. It creates confusion, and they end up getting out. Marnus answered by overthinking and said that it is all about practice and preparation. Once the ball is in the air, all the focus should be on reading the ball and selecting the shot. If the pitch is in favor of the spinner, batters need to start in the third or fourth gear. On normal wickets, batters need to play normal cricket with a straight bat.

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