As West Indies coach Daren Sammy arrived shortly after his side’s first training session at Feroz Shah Kotla began, ahead of the second Test starting here on Friday, one of the first things he did after going into the nets was look up to the assembly of local net bowlers and ask how many of them were left-arm spinners.

After Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav took eight of their 20 wickets in West Indies innings defeat in the first Test in Ahmedabad , the challenge of playing spin, and particularly the left-armers, seemed to be playing on their minds throughout their training on Wednesday.

The previous defeat put an unflattering glare on the West Indians’ ignominious recent record in the longest format — they have won just 23 of their last 87 Test series — with former greats critici

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