Moeen Ali most likely spinner to trouble Indian batsmen: Panesar
Updated On: 02 February, 2021 12:40 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Moeen Ali, who has played 60 Tests, was infected with COVID-19 ahead of the Sri Lanka series and did not get a game
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Monty Panesar, the man who co-plotted India`s last defeat at home in 2012, feels England would be making a mistake if they don`t play the experienced Moeen Ali alongside left-arm spinner Jack Leach in the first Test beginning in Chennai on Friday. Leach and offie Dom Bess, both of whom have played 12 Tests each but none in India, featured in England`s 2-0 series sweep in Sri Lanka.
Ali, who has played 60 Tests, was infected with COVID-19 ahead of the Sri Lanka series and did not get a game. "Jack Leach is likely to play since India have a lot of right handers and I will pick Moeen Ali over Dom Bess as the off-spinner in the eleven as he has done well in India and has the required experience. He can also bat," Panesar told PTI from UK. "Having not played in Sri Lanka, Ali is fresh and hungry. India would not like facing Ali, they would be happy facing Leach and Bess." Ali has a six-wicket haul against India, his second best figures coming in the home series back in 2014.
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