Ten Doeschate was of the view that the weather in England enables them to play two spinners in the second Test and it would boil down to which two, while looking at other options as well.
“We’d love to get him (Kuldeep Yadav) into the team. We are trying to make the best assessment of what it is in front of us, we are aware that we’re going to need three seamers in the game, it is just how we manage the (number) 6-7-8 role and how we can get Kuldeep in,” he added.
“If the weather remains the same, it is expected that it will turn along the way.
“Last time we wanted to go with a bowling all-rounder, Nitish (Reddy) is our premium batting all-rounder at the moment. So I would say he has a very good chance to play this Test.”
The assistant coach also spoke about how they felt the team played four games of good cricket in the first match and yet lost out, and would try to push that past them to put their best foot forward depending on the pitch.
“All three spinners are batting very nicely, Washy (Washington Sundar) is batting very nicely. It is just the combination with which we want to go through – an out and out spinner or a bowling all-rounder,” ten Doeschate added.
“I am pretty sure two spinners will play this Test match.
“If we are going to go with two spinners, Arshdeep (Singh) provides a little bit more control and you have got a left-armer running in from over the wicket if you want to put eggs in that basket.”
