India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) spinner Washington Sundar hopes that the pitches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will offer plenty of assistance to spinners in the upcoming 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 starting from 19th September.
At the moment, all the training wickets in the UAE have been on the slower side and Sundar believes that the spinners are likely to get a field day before the start of the IPL 13 which is scheduled to be played from 19th September – 10th November across three venues Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah.
In a video posted on the official Twitter handle of RCB, Sundar said: “I think things are going very well and we have been getting pitches where we can get some assistance for spinners. We can expect this in the games as well when the tournament starts. With the amount of heat that has been here for the last few days, we can definitely see plenty of assistance for the spinners in the middle of the tournament.”
He added, “I think it's all about getting the rhythm right and hitting the right areas. It's all about getting the things right before the game starts, the last couple of sessions have been very good.”
Meanwhile, RCB spinners Shahbaz Ahmed and Yuzvendra Chahal have also talked about the importance of communicating with the skipper Virat Kohli.
Shahbaz said: “The wickets are slow here, the ball is not coming on to the bat, I have been discussing this with Virat Bhai as to what line and length I can bowl on these wickets. I am equally focused on my batting and bowling.”
While, Chahal noted: “Whenever I go to Virat Bhai, he tells me to always bowl my best balls, Virat Bhai told me to bowl a little quicker as these wickets are really slow.”
(With ANI Inputs)
