Michael Atherton advised Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill to field a spin-heavy line-up in the fourth Test match at Old Trafford in Manchester and ditch the pace.
In the first Test at Headingley in Leeds, India went with six batters, including the wicketkeeper-batsman, a spin-bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, a pace-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur, and three proper pacers - Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna.
Meanwhile, in the third Test at Lord's in London, India retained that combination with only Prasidh Krishna making way for Jasprit Bumrah.
Wrist spin goes well at Old Trafford - Michael Atherton
India are currently trailing by 1-2 in the five-match Test series against England and have been heavily criticized for not giving any opportunities to the left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who was labelled as the X-factor by many before the start of the series.
"The pitches haven't had the pace that they used to have. There are a couple of pitches in the end where there's zing, but in the middle, the televised pitches are just flat, flat, flat. Wrist spin goes well at Old Trafford in some circumstances,” Atherton told Sky Sports Cricket.
Was wondering whether they would go with Bumrah and Siraj, and then play with three spinners - Michael Atherton
Michael Atherton further suggested that India should go only with two frontline pacers in the Manchester Test match - Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj - and three spin-bowling options - Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, and Kuldeep Yadav.
"Then, the fast bowlers can come to play. But that's the definite option that India could think about,” added Atherton.
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