Age not on India's side, feel experts

Agencies Posted online: Thursday , August 07, 2008 at 04:11:14 New Delhi, August 7: For eons of ages, Indian batsmen were hailed as the best negotiators of spin bowling, but their struggle in the first Test against Sri Lanka has provoked the experts to point out that slow down reflexes of ageing players was the main reason behind the crisis. Former India spinner Maninder Singh feels that slow reflexes of the senior members in the famed Indian batting line-up has made their footwork circumspect. “The reflexes of most of the Indian batting stalwarts have slowed down with age and constant injuries. When you are facing a good spinner, you will certainly have problems if you have slow reflexes,” Maninder said. “Apart from Gautam Gambhir and VVS Laxman, no one looked assured in their footwork against spinners,” he added. During the... [read full story]