The Indian team management is setting its sights on assigning bowling roles to two-star batters, namely Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma, who have made their international debut in an Indian jersey on the ongoing tour to the West Indies. Both these young cricketers are known for bowling some part-time spin, which the bowling coach Paras Mhambrey looks to develop as time goes on.

Ever since the international retirement of big players like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, and Yusuf Pathan, among others, Team India has struggled to find a reliable bowling option in the top six of their batting lineup. The current Indian captain Rohit Sharma showed a lot of promise with the ball in the early stages of his career, but a shoulder injury forced him to give up on bowling part-time spin altogether.

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While keeping the requirements of multi-skilled cricketers in mind in the near future, Paras Mhambrey, the Indian bowling coach stated that the team is working behind the scenes with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma to bolster their abilities with the ball in hand. During the West Indies vs India pre-match press conference in Lauderhill, USA, he was quoted as saying, “When you have someone who can chip in, it is nice. I have seen Tilak and Yashasvi bowl since U19 days. They are capable of being good bowlers. They can work at this level.”

“When you got options like these, it is nice to have them. We will see them bowl soon hopefully, we are working on it. It will take time. Soon, we will see them bowling an over at least,” added the 51-year-old.

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Paras Mhambrey also talked about the pitch conditions at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, the venue of the fourth and fifth T20I, while comparing it with the pitches at Brian Lara Stadium and Providence Stadium earlier in the series. He said, “It is different (in comparison to earlier pitches in the T20I series), especially when it comes to soil.”

“It is black soil, the kind of soil we get in North India. It is a good wicket, will be nice to bat on, with the ball coming to the bat nicely. That is what we saw in the nets. Stroke-making was easy. It could be a high-scoring game,” the Indian bowling coach added.