A net bowler at the New Zealand nets in Dubai has given a hint that the Kiwis look more cautious on Rabindra Jadeja than the ‘mystery’ spinner Varun Chakravarthy in today’s final in the Champions Trophy in Dubai!

While speaking to ANI, Shashwat Tiwari who helped the Kiwis gear up for the clash against the Men in Blue, revealed that the team was focusing on how to handle Ravindra Jadeja and other left-arm spinners. 

Rohit Sharma and co. are likely to go with the same four-spinner strategy that has worked so well for them so far. 

The net bowler also divulged that at one point of time during practice on Saturday, he was asked by the Kiwi batsmen to bowl from 18 yards to prepare for Jadeja. Shashwat reasoned that it was because of the kind of pace the southpaw had and hence the speed expected from him. He said that while they did well to bowl from that point, the batsmen realized that the ball was coming too quickly.

Tiwari stated, “Today, I fortunately got to bowl. Well, at one point of time, they asked me to bowl from 18 yards just to prepare for Ravindra Jadeja. It is because of the kind of pace he has; they were expecting that kind of speed. We bowled from that point and we did nicely. But when they realized the ball was coming too quickly, I was asked to bowl from 22 yards.”

Tiwari feels that the New Zealand batsmen will not be able to cope with the Indian left-arm spinners ultimately in the final.