<img title="Anil Kumble" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/mar/Anil-Kumble11.jpg" alt="Anil Kumble" />Anil Kumble
Ranchi: A legendary former leg-spinner, India coach Anil Kumble went to the extent of bowling left-arm spin to help Cheteshwar Pujara overcome the challenges posed by Steve O'Keefe in the ongoing Test series against Australia.
<img title="Cheteshwar Pujara" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2017/mar/pujara11.jpg" alt="Cheteshwar Pujara" />Cheteshwar Pujara during his 92 in Bangalore. Pic/PTI
Pujara, who fell to left-arm spinner O'Keefe and premier pacer Mitchell Starc in the Pune Test, struck a gritty 92 in the second innings to set up a series-levelling win for India in Bangalore.
O'Keefe had proved to be unplayable in Pune, ending with career-best figures of 12 for 70. In his bid to simulate what Indian batsmen will be up against, Kumble went to the extent of bowling left-arm spinners to Pujara in practice.
&ldquo;As they have a left-arm spinner, Anil bhai was trying to replicate that, coming from corner of the crease and angling into the right hander and try to spin it from there,&rdquo; Pujara told 'bcci.tv' ahead of the third Test beginning here on March 16.
&ldquo;So I was just trying to get used to that angle. Fielding coach R Sridhar was also very useful as he was taking the ball away and was really accurate. Anil bhai tried his best even though he is a right-arm bowler but he tried bowling left-arm spin which was decent enough for practice.&rdquo;
The spin great even managed to beat Pujara. &ldquo;Yes he did. He knew where to bowl, the ball pitched on the rough and I stepped out only to get beaten,&rdquo; said the batsman.

A legendary former leg-spinner, India coach Anil Kumble went to the extent of bowling left-arm spin to help Cheteshwar Pujara overcome the challenges posed by Steve O'Keefe in the ongoing Test series against Australia

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