Our batsmen will smash the Indian spinners: Stuart Clark

Sydney: Former Australian Test seamer Stuart Clark has already started the war of words ahead of India’s tour of Australia next month by stating that the decision to rest skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni from the first Test against Australia shows that India place greater emphasis on the 2015 World Cup rather than the upcoming series. India are scheduled to play four Tests then a tri-series involving England in the build-up to the World Cup. 

 

“I’d suggest India are very, very concerned about the World Cup,” Clark was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald. The former pacer does not believe off-spinner R. Ashwin will be able to replicate his series winning performance of last year when he topped the series wicket-takers’ list in India against the Aussies. “If India are going to come out and bowl spinners at us I think we’ll come out and smash them everywhere,” Clark said.

 

“They’re going to Brisbane first. Other than Shane Warne, no spinner has ever really done a lot there and been overly successful. In Adelaide they’ll be OK, but Sydney the last couple of years has been quite pace-friendly  it’s been carrying through and seamed around everywhere. “They’ll play Ashwin he’s a good bowler in Indian conditions but I can’t see him being overly successful here.”