Shillingford and India

Shane Shillingford is entrusted with the spin responsibility, along with Veerasammy Permaul :

and indicated that he has been researching India's pitches. 

"I took a lot of notes of how Indian bowlers vary their pace under these conditions and pitches.

I monitored Ashwin a lot and I cannot wait to come and assess the conditions for myself.

Then I'll adapt.

"This pressure is something Saqlain [Mushtaq] helped prepare us for with his spin clinic

in Barbados recently,"

"This course taught us about inspiration, tactics, physical and mental preparation

and I'm looking forward to implementing these things in India.

Shillingford has been boosting up his original skills as a spinner via the techniques

that Saqlain taught him, and by learning from his team-mates such as Narine,

Permaul and Samuel Badree.

[size=small]"We are the underdogs but we have great players that do the basics well

and we are going to give Sachin and the team a run for their money,"
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Chaps sounding real confident ahead of this Tour !