Team India likely to have spin bowling coach

NAGPUR: Former players and critics have come down hard on the BCCI after the loss in the Test series against England. While the England spinners—Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann—relished the Indian conditions, their Indian counterparts struggled against the likes of Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen.
India's bowling coach Joe Dawes looks after the fast bowlers, who will have a limited role to play in the Australian series.That might have forced the BCCI to think about the spin coach again.
If sources are to be believed the BCCI is seriously thinking on this direction and Team India is likely to have spin coach during the Australian series. "It's in very early stage but we are definitely thinking about it. We will speak to the Indian team management about it after the one-day series and take their point of view. Let's see what happens. The BCCI will do anything that will help the players," a BCCI official told TOI on condition of anonymity.
After the Nagpur Test former England captain Geoff Boycott had advocated for the need of spin coach for the Indian team. "I never thought I would say this about India, but they need a spinning coach, like Mushtaq Ahmed is for England. They need someone who understands spin bowling, someone who can tell R Ashwin that he's not putting enough body into his action, or that he needs more shoulder turn at delivery," Boycott had written in one of his columns in TOI.
The spin department—once India's strength—is not the same anymore. India's most experienced spinner Harbhajan Singh has been in and out for the last one and half years. Although Pragyan Ojha and R Ashwin did exceptionally well against weaker teams like West Indies and New Zealand at home, it was a different ballgame altogether against Australia earlier this year and England recently.
It has been learnt that the BCCI was also thinking about the spin coach before the England series but the team management didn't show much of interest. However, things are different now. "Spin is our strength and with most of the fast bowlers aren't fit, the spinners will play a big role in the coming Oz series. It would be better if experienced coach guide these youngsters," he said.