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The answer to why spin is the leading factor in India Tests was in front of everyone when India resumed their innings at 37/1 on second day of the Kolkata Test. What began as a boring Saturday, with on-field officials yawning in the morning, suddenly switched into a spin warfare as the tweakers from both sides collectively led to 13 dismissals, out of 16 wickets fell on the second day.

Simon Harmer, South Africa’s one of the oldest weapons in the current artillery, unlocked the demons in the juice-loaded pitch in the morning session after KL Rahul completed 4000 Test runs. The 36-year-old succeeded in extracting turn – as high as 10.1 degrees – in the 14th over of the day, bamboozling Washington Sundar and breaking a 57-run stand.

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