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Former cricketer Wasim Jaffer has said that the gap between Indian spinners and opposition spinners reduces on pitches like the one at the Eden Gardens, adding that one should aspire to make wickets like the one in 2016-17 during Virat Kohli ‘s captaincy, where spin came into play, but after a fair battle between bat and ball.

On an underprepared track expected to favour Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, it was off-spinner Simon Harmer’s match haul of eight wickets that made the difference.

It was India’s fourth defeat at home in the last six Tests, including the 0-3 debacle against New Zealand on turning pitches in 2024. The defeat has reignited the debate on Indian batters’ ability on turning tracks.

“Looks like we haven’t learned our lesson fro

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