Kolkata: Just-retired India pacer Ashish Nehra feels India need five or six fast bowlers in their ranks for the upcoming away tours in 2018.
“Ishant (Sharma) is sitting out. Jasprit Bumrah is out, so we have good pool of four, five, six fast bowlers,” Nehra told reporters on the sidelines of India’s series against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens on Friday. “The kind of cricket we are playing in the upcoming months we need five or six fast bowlers in Test cricket as well as other two formats also. And we have that”.
In January, India tour South Africa for three Tests, six One-Day Internationals and three T20s.
In the summer, Virat Kohli and Co travel to England followed by Australia from November-January 2019.
Nehra opined that the green top at Eden is being talked about more than the overcast conditions with rain interrupting play more often than not.
Only one hour of play was possible on the opening day and lunch had to be called on early on the second day.
“The wicket is good but it’s all because of the rain that there is more moisture. Other than that, after one or two overs it would have been a very good wicket,” Nehra said.
“There is seam and swing and bounce and it is happening because of the rain. The bowler himself doesn’t know it’s coming in so how the batsmen will know?”
