Sachin Tendulkar: Current pace attack is most complete India has ever had

The legendary Sachin Tendulkar feels India has headed to the gruelling tour of England with the most complete fastbowling attack in many many years a luxury that was not there during his 24 years in international cricketIndia are starting their nearly threemonth tour of United Kingdom with two T20 Internationals in Ireland from June 27 but all eyes will be on the fiveTest series starting August 1 in Birmingham This is the most complete fastbowling attack that India have had in many many years In my assessment this attack would go as one of the best Tendulkar told PTI during an exclusive interactionThe maestro who played an incredible 200 Tests in his illustrious career said even though India have had some quality seamers but never had the luxury of an attack of such varietyWe have the luxury where we have a swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar a tall bowler Ishant Sharma a skiddy bowler Jasprit Bumrah and a genuine quick bowler Umesh Yadav It is a nice combination to have with so much variation on offer Tendulkar saidTendulkar had played alongside the likes of Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar During the major part of his career though Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan spearheaded the pace attacks So does he rate this attack as more potent than some of those during his playing days Tendulkar replied Yeah I am taking that into account that attacks of yesteryears as well because of a reason We have got Bhuvi who can bat and also Hardik with good batting abilityHowever Tendulkar didnt want to comment on what kind of combination India should play I think the team management would have to assess which opposition batsman is comfortable against what kind of bowling There will be a few who would play the swing bowling well and some will have the technique of dealing with deliveries that move off the pitch You have to pick the team accordingly he saidThe highest scorer in Tests and ODIs paid rich compliments to Bhuvneshwar terming him as the man who can tilt the balance of power in Indias favour with his allround abilities The current India team is constantly looking at seamers who can contribute with the bat big time I think these two guys Bhuvneshwar and Hardik have contributed crucial runs every now and thenHardik has just got into the side but I think Bhuvi contributing brilliantly and that contribution changes the balance of the team in a positive manner Tendulkar explained Its good to have batsmen who can bowl fourfive overs but even better if we have bowlers who can score those crucial runs The kind of contributions that can help you move forward he statedTendulkar has been a part of five Test series in England 1990 1996 2002 2007 2011 and with his vast knowledge about the English weather and pitches he is expecting a pleasant weather during Indias current tour I think there should be good wickets It also depends on the kind of summer they have No one wants to play in wet and cold conditions I am expecting good bright summer conducive for good cricket the legend saidOne of the aspects that will work in Indias favour is the fact that Test series will start only in August and by that time India would have spent a good month in England I think going early will prove to be an advantage By the time the Test series starts India would have spent five weeks in England with lot of match practice It would help the team to get into the groove he concludedAlso Read Virat Kohli Panicked While Preparing For England Tour Says Sourav GangulyCatch up on all the latest T20 news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever