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India need an all-rounder like Stokes, Green: Nasser Hussain

India lost its second consecutive World Test Championship final to Australia recently

India need an all-rounder like Stokes, Green: Nasser Hussain

INDIA lacking a seam bowler who can also bat is the crucial ingredient missing on the team’s overseas assignments, feels former England captain Nasser Hussain.

He added that someone like Ben Stokes or Cameron Green can be the winning formula for the side on foreign tours.


India lost its second consecutive World Test Championship (WTC) final to Australia recently, and Hussain said that Rishabh Pant was being sorely missed by India, hoping that the wicketkeeper-batter returns to the side sooner rather than later as he is a “massive miss at the moment”.

“They (India) are brilliant at home... and the balance of their side at home is just wonderful,” Hussain said in the ICC Review on Wednesday (9).

“(However) An Indian cricketer at the moment, a (Ben) Stokes type cricketer, a Cameron Green type cricketer, a Mitchell Marsh type cricketer, a batter at No.6 or No.7, away from home, that can bowl you 10 or 15 overs of genuine wicket-taking seam and swing, not a bowler who bats a bit, a batter who can give you 10 overs of seam bowling, and then that balance away from home makes them (India) formidable.”

The former cricketer added that, in home conditions, players like captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and young Shubman Gill make India a formidable unit, but overseas a seam-bowling all-rounder like Hardik Pandya is an absolute necessity in Tests.

Pandya, while not officially retired from Tests, has shown little inclination to play the longest format since he returned from a career-threatening back injury.

“They’ve (India) got senior players like Rohit and obviously Virat, and they are just world-class players, and they’ve got youngsters coming in, like Shubman (Gill), who’s going to be a superstar.

“It’s away from home and the balance of the side and if they (India) can get a seam bowling all-rounder. Hardik (Pandya) would’ve been perfect if Hardik had stayed fit and continued that process,” said Hussain.

Hussain also felt that if pacer Jasprit Bumrah can return fit and strong it will give a massive boost to India in all three formats of the game.

Bumrah, after being out of action for more than a year due to a back injury, will be leading India in a three-match T20I series against Ireland beginning August 18.

“If Jasprit (Bumrah) can come back as well, one of the great multi-format bowlers there is at the moment, if not the best, when fit," he said.

“So, they’ve got those senior players and youngsters, and with the ball in India, those three all-rounders, and they are genuine all-rounders in India -- Axar (Patel), (Ravindra) Jadeja and (Ravichandran) Ashwin. That, for me, is a really balanced side because then you’ve got a No.7 (in Test cricket)."

India recently defeated the West Indies 1-0 in the two-Test series, with debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring a brilliant century, and Hussain said the youngster is well-placed to build on the impressive start to his Test career.

(PTI)

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