Scott Styris doesn't think India will prepare rank turners in the home series against New Zealand

Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris has said that he doesn’t think India will prepare square turners for the touring New Zealand side, after what happened at the World T20 earlier this year.

The 41 -year-old has been impressed by Mitchell Santner and felt that leg-spinner Ish Sodhi was improving constantly and added that following the win in Nagpur in March, the Indians will know the kind of damage the New Zealand spinners can do.

“You all know what happened when India prepared a turner for the ICC World Twenty20 game in Nagpur. The Kiwi spinners won the match for their team. Mitchell Santner, the young left-arm spinner, is someone who has impressed me.

“And Ish Sodhi, the leg-spinner, is an improving bowler.I do not think India will prepare rank turners because the New Zealand spinners can do some damage as well, Styris said in an interview to The Hindu,

Ashwin is an intelligent bowler: Styris

Speaking about India’s Ravichandran Ashwin, Styris said that the Indian mixed his pace very well and used his variations to good effect as well.

“Ashwin is an intelligent bowler. He has got four types of deliveries: the off-spinner, the arm-ball, the doosra and the carrom ball, and he mixes them up well.

“The fact that he is able to release deliveries at different speeds from the same action. I saw Daniel Vettori do that. Ashwin picks a lot of wickets with his changes in pace without changing action.

He also heaped praise on Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson, stating that he had a solid technique and temperament and had no doubts that he would become the best New Zealand batsman of all time.

“He is a calm person, does not get too excited or angry about anything and has the mind-set to be a strong captain. By the time he finishes his career, he will be the finest batsman New Zealand has produced. I have no doubts about that.He uses his feet, is technically good, and has the temperament,” he added.

New Zealand begin their tour of India on the 22^nd of September with the first of the three Tests at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur.