New Delhi. Former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that India’s star batsmen have lost their confidence playing on turning (spinner-friendly) pitches over the years which has led to a decline in their home averages and adversely affected their careers. Is. India lost its first Test series in 12 years. Against New Zealand, India lost the crucial toss on the turning pitch of Pune and after that the team could only score 156 and 245 runs. In this, New Zealand’s main spinner Mitchell Santner took 13 wickets.
“You have had a great record at home for so long and if you lose, obviously there will be discussion,” Harbhajan told PTI. Credit goes to the way New Zealand played and these were foreign conditions and there was not a pitch which had much crack. ”He said, ”It was favorable conditions for the spinners, where the ball should have turned from the first hour itself. ,
Questioning the thinking process of the Indian team, he said, “Look at the trend during the last decades. We have been playing on Turner for most of the last decade with the expectation that we will win the toss and score 300 runs and control the match. He said, “But we don’t know whether the tables will turn and whether our batting will work on a turning pitch or not.” Our batsmen have lost confidence while playing on these pitches. The biggest example of this is Ajinkya Rahane who is an excellent player. His career suffered due to such pitches.