Star Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon was really impressed with the inexperienced spinners performances against India despite losing the series with a margin of 1-4 after winning the first Test at Hyderabad.
Young England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir became the first English bowler to grab two fifers at the age of 21 during the third day of the fifth and final Test of the five-match series at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Saturday.
Former England spinner Monty Panesar hailed Jonny Bairstow ahead of his 100th Test and revealed one quality of the wicket-keeper batter that stands out.
Coming out in glowing praise of a member of his tribe and a modern-day exponent of spin, former England left-armer Monty Panesar labelled Ravichandran Ashwin the "engineer of spin bowling".
Bashir snapped four wickets in his spell of 32 overs while conceding 83 runs, taking wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar and Ravindra Jadeja.
England spinners Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley dominated proceedings on the second day of the fourth Test but Yashasvi Jaiswal's 73 and an unbroken 42-run partnership between Dhruv Jurel (30) and Kuldeep Yadav helped India stage a partial comeback
As the England squad touched base in India for a five-match Test series, hoping to reverse their record of not winning a red-ball series against the Asian giants in 12 years, few would have thought that their spinners would not only out-bowl the likes of Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar
Leach faced a knee issue while fielding on the opening day of England's thrilling 28-run victory over India in the opening Test in Hyderabad, but the left-armer still managed to feature in the game and also bowled 10 overs during the hosts' second innings, as per ICC.
Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel made England spinners toil hard in the third session, giving India a complete at the end of Day 2 of the first Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Friday.
England spinner Adil Rashid was crowned as the number one T20I bowler while Pakistan's star batter Babar Azam dethroned Indian opener Shubman Gill to regain his top spot in ODI batting in the ICC Rankings issued on Wednesday
Wowed by India's dazzling performances in the ongoing ODI World Cup, former England spinner Monty Panesar said the Men in Blue were well on course to sealing a spot in semi-finals of the quadrennial showpiece.