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Bishop was currently commentating on the West Indies- India clashes was content with the Indian bowling line-up, however, expects a whole new challenge for the Indians when they gear up to take on the Kangaroos.
The recently concluded Test series brought many positives for the Men In Blue, where the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha bamboozled the Windies batting lineup and both spinners are too much confident now for the upcoming Australia tour.
However, for Bishop the conditions down Under will provide a different sort of challenge for the spin duo.
“The spinners have been good on slow and low pitches. But we won’t know how good they are unless they play in Australian conditions. It will be interesting to see how Ashwin and Ojha perform there,” said Bishop while talking to Times of India.
The main concern for the Indians has been in the fast bowling department, which is weakened due to the absence of left-arm pacer, Zaheer Khan, who is still doubtful for the trip to Australia.
In his absence, Ishant Sharma has taken on the responsibility to lead the pace attack, however, his lack of wickets in the concluded Test series against West Indies remains a major worry for the sub-continent giants. Bishop feels that the bowler needs to sort out some technical issues which will allow him to bowl fast on a consistent basis.
“The key will be how soon Zaheer Khan comes to manage the bowling. India definitely need a leading seamer,” said Bishop.
“There’s a slight technical issue with Ishant. He’s a good bowler but I think that sometimes his left shoulder opens up a touch and falls away too much leaving him with not enough pace behind each delivery. His accuracy is not so bad. I just feel he has to be a touch more upright when he bowls and that will help him utilise the bounce.
“My only concern with him is purely with the left shoulder dropping. He doesn’t always get the wrist behind the ball. He gets over 140 kph, but I guess once he does that he will hit that pace more consistently” added Bishop.
Talking about India’s pace debutants Yadav and Aaron he said, “Both guys have a lot of potential. And I think India should just allow them to grow. They hit 140 kph but just in one morning they won’t turn into great fast bowlers. There has to be a process because they will find it harder on Australian pitches against batsmen who like to play pace and bounce.
“It’s very important that both of them continue to fine tune their skills. But one of the great things about them is that they can do something with the ball. And I think they will continue to learn to attack. India should give them a couple of years to perform well.”
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