ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021: Foresee Spinners Having Big Impact in T20 WC, Says Samuel Badree

Dubai, October 17: Former West Indies bowler Samuel Badree feels the gradual nature of wickets in UAE will assist spinners in the ICC males's T20 World Cup 2021 which will get underway from Sunday.

"Because of the heat factor and the dry nature of the surfaces, you always expect spinners to do well. The slow nature of the pitches also helps with that," mentioned Badree in an ICC launch.

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"Spinners will do particularly well in Dubai, as well as in Sharjah, which give you more of an opportunity. They will prosper less in Abu Dhabi because in my memory there is a lot of grass on the pitch there.

Badree has also backed India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi to have a good tournament as spin has always played an important role in T20 cricket.

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"When it involves the very best spinner on the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, it is laborious to look previous Tabraiz Shamsi. The South African is ranked No.1 in the ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings for a purpose and as a left-armer, he poses a major problem for batters," said Badree.

"Left-arm wrist spinners are uncommon in worldwide cricket - he is very constant, can flip the ball each methods and has great management.

"I see him playing a major role for his team with the ball - he has the ability to bowl in different phases of the game, too, which is important," he added.

"In terms of other spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin is of course there for India. He has that experience; he's played for quite a long time now," Badree mentioned.

The former West Indies cricketer additionally mentioned the spin division is the one space he's nervous about relating to Kieron Pollard-led aspect because the crew lacks expertise and the batsmen might need to compensate for it by scoring greater than 200 runs.

"If there's one area of the West Indies team that I'm worried about, it's the spin department. It's an area of shortcoming for them. They have the one frontline spinner, Hayden Walsh, who had an exceptional home series quite recently. He didn't have a good Caribbean Premier League and going into this tournament, his form is not the best and his confidence might not be the best," mentioned Badree.

"He is quality enough to do well in the tournament, but outside of him, there aren't any out-and-out spinners. Being able to take wickets throughout the innings is so important.

"If the ability hitters like Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Andre Russell can get the crew to over 200 runs persistently, that space of deficit may be ignored. But if we do not rating these kind of runs, the bowling might be discovered and the spin bowling in specific," he added.

Badree, who last played for West Indies in 2018, pointed out that spin was a big strength of the side when they won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016.

"Spin was an enormous energy of ours once we gained the event in 2012 and 2016. We had Sunil Narine, Sulieman Benn and myself who may all use the brand new ball in any recreation," said Badree.

"Spin is all the time essential and has an integral function in T20 cricket - we have seen that in earlier editions of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

"It's being played in the UAE and Oman, where we have traditionally come to expect slow conditions. I foresee spinners having a big impact in this tournament," he signed off.

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