After thumping Australia by eight wickets within the Boxing Day Test, India look ahead to persevering with their victory run once they take the sector in Sydney on January 7. The Sydney Cricket Ground is thought for favouring spin bowlers and with respectable spin disposal up their ranks, Ajinkya Rahane & Co have a strong likelihood to take advantage of these situations in opposition to a wobbling Aussie batting line-up.As witnessed in Melbourne, the Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja is at present proving efficient. Their bowling partnership, together with the tempo assault, saved the Australian batsmen at bay. Provided this mixture is fielded within the third Test, India have a robust likelihood of taking a 2-1 lead within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Also Read | ‘No sir, it’s on me’: Fan claims to have paid invoice value INR 6683 for Team India’s lunch in MelbourneTalking of the identical, former Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha has opined that the partnership between Ashwin and Jadeja has been excellent and India should play them each within the subsequent match.“Sydney has a track record of helping the spinners. I’m very sure that we shouldn’t change the combination of Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja,” Ojha advised Sports Today.Also Read | ‘Neither has India won anything nor has Dhoni done that well in T20Is’: Aakash Chopra questions MS Dhoni’s inclusion in ICC T20I Team of the Decade“The way Jadeja batted [in Melbourne] and with Ashwin, we know he can bat. These guys have also been phenomenal with the bowling. If one guy bowls tight, the other one picks up the wicket and vice-versa. So, I think, this partnership is brilliant and if they continue it in overseas, that will be superb,” he added.The former cricketer additionally cited the instance of former Indian spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh who had hunted in pairs and led India to victory on many events. Ojha believes that Ashwin and Jadeja mixed can take down any opposition, it doesn’t matter what the situations are.Also Read | ‘This thing used to be the art of Pakistanis’: Shoaib Akhtar explains why Jasprit Bumrah goes to be a ‘most unusual but great fast bowler’“We have seen Anil Bhai [Anil Kumble] and Bhajju Paa [Harbhajan Singh] doing that for us in the past. Now, these two guys in overseas… I think, there is nothing more to ask for,” Ojha mentioned additional.Meanwhile, left-arm pacer T Natarajan has been included within the Indian Test squad for the rest of the sequence. He has changed Umesh Yadav who has been dominated out after struggling a calf damage in the course of the second innings of the Boxing Day Test match.
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