Archive · 18 Nov 2025
India's Batting Struggles on Turning Pitches
Indian cricket team's batters are having trouble scoring runs on pitches that turn a lot.
This is because they don't play defensively enough and don't practice against spin bowling much.
In the past, a famous Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar, showed how to handle such pitches by batting left-handed to counter a left-arm spinner.
Sunil Gavaskar once batted left-handed to counter left-arm spin in challenging conditions
Current Indian batters struggle against spin and turning pitches
Faulty application and wrong shot selection by current batters exacerbate the issue
Domestic pitches lack spin-friendly conditions, hindering batsmen's development
Lack of quality spinners in domestic cricket limits batsmen's practice against spin
- Who
- Indian cricket team's batters
- What
- struggle to score runs on turning pitches
- When
- Since the 2017 Pune Test against Australia
- Where
- On various pitches, including Eden Gardens, Bengaluru, and overseas
- Why
- Due to faulty application, wrong shot selection, lack of defensive play, insufficient practice against spin, and domestic pitches not providing enough spin-friendly conditions
- Sunil Gavaskar's unique batting move
- Batted left-handed against left-arm spinner Raghuram Bhat in 1981-82 Ranji Trophy semi-final
- India's lowest Test score chasing
- 93 all out against South Africa at Eden Gardens in 2022
- India's last Test series loss at home
- 0-3 against New Zealand in 2021-22