Are Indian batsmen weak against spin bowling.

I don't think India is week in spin bowling although they have struggled a bit with spin bowling in the recent past. In fact Indian batsman are one of the best in handling spinners. The history tells that all. Moreover, both Indian domestic (venues) tracks as well as International (venues) tracks are more suitable for spin bowling and mostly Indian pitches has nothing to do with the fast bowling. I think over the years a lot of great spinners have been born in India and don't forget there are still a lot of young spinners in the domestic side and those batsman who are playing domestic cricket are facing these spinners. Having said that, I think India is one of the specialist in handling spin bowling. But yes, in the latest series against Srilanka, they have struggled against the Lankan spinner 'Ajanta Mendies', but it happens. Even a good bowler can have hard times, batsman have no difference. But, I think overall, Indian batsman (as well srilanka and pakistan) are good in handling spinners than other countries.

There are two sets of problem in my opinion. One the current lot of players are not great against spinners. Second they have a opinion that they can dominate spinners and try to attack too early. If you look at Indian lineup the good players of spin are Sehwag, Gambhir, Sachin and Laxman. Dravid gets into a hole against them and usually does not score fast enough against spinners. Yuvraj has always been poor against spin. Dhoni is a mixed bag, but I think he prefers pacers to spinners. Of the four who can play spin well, Sehwag and Gambhir usually go after a spinner rather in an arrogant manner without guaging him and are therefore good candidates for falling early. Sachin and Laxman usually play spin very well, but the last 2 years, both have had a string of soft dismissals against spinners. All these combined means that Indians are weak against spin bowling currently. I think Kirstein has to ask Sehwag and Gambhir to take their time to settle against spinners before unleashing themselves. Cheers! Ram

I think thats incorrect to say. Infact, indian batsmen are among the best to play against spin. Remember, Saurav Ganguly. Yes, as a matter of fact in the current series if might be look like so but that's not true.

well a notion has developed since ages that indians are strong against spin bowling as we were considered weak against the pacers,but with time and as india's financial clout in world cricket began to grow,most of the cricket is being played on tracks which are not suitable to pacers.when the pacers dont get that much opportunity the spinners come into play and indians if they have to lose succumb to them.lance gibbs has the honour of bowling the best spell in test cricket and that was against indians.muraltharan has been a bane for indian batsmen,ajantha mendis made our great paper tigers look like kids,etc.ya agreed that indian stars keep away from domestic cricket and that doesnt augur well for indian cricket.bcci is just milking the players as they can earn money for every concerned people by playing more and more matches.

Hello Friend,Indian players strong bating lineup and they play well. One a weak point there. Indians start first game the batsmen can not play confidence and then next game they play well.This is my feeling.

i dont think indian batsmen are weak against spin, or becoming weaker against spin, its just that they are over-confident,if u keep aside ajanta mendis who i beleive is exceptional,one of its kind bowler, everybody will struggle against him,indian batsmen doesnt show respect to spinner, most of them get out playing rash shots rather then bowler getting them out,most of the spinner struggle against indian batsmen if u look at their economy rates, and wicket per balls figures

well the answer is in ur post itself.mendis,kresja and swann.indians are playing against these guys for the first time.the thing i noticed about indians is during their first series against a team with a new bowler,spin or pacey,they tend to play over defensive or over offensive.but if u check our history,henry olanga,destroyed india in a match by taking 4 wickets but the very next match,he didnt even bowl the 5th over as he went wicketless and gave away 40 + runs.u have to agree,except the rookies,the indians r not struggling against any other bowlers.brett lee,dale styne(most of his wickets during that series were the 9,10 and 11 batsmen),warne and so on.the only bowler who troubled everyone is macgrath and murali is still a threat.so just wait for the next series and i can guarantee that mendis wont be this effective against the indians.

Hi frnds, indian batsman not weak against spin bowling.Not showed good performance in batsmen indian team.India is so great to play in spin bowlers. they can play good batsmen were their in indian side.India not started well in first innings and again they recover from the first and good start in second innings.

well they find difficult playing against mendis during one-days but u better remember that our batsman played well against mendis in test matches....intially they found him difficult as they didnt gta much chnaces to play against him...well we played well against spiners during test with aussie and won testseries tooo

The indians have been traditionally been good at playing spin though in recent past they been playing not so well against quality spinners and the recent tour of Sri lanka proved it but i think Indians are still the best players of spin in world and since Mendis is quite new to International cricket and has a very new kind of action and a new kind of delivery so Indians couldnt read him well and it hurt them but give them some time I am sure by this time they have sorted him out and i am sure next series he would be a threat but not deadly.