‘Due to ODIs, its hard to get quality spinners’

“I think it’s all because of one-day cricket. It’s hard to get spinners of that quality because you don’t play that many three-day or four-day games. You need to develop your game”, Kumble said in an interview with Cricinfo magazine.

“You are only bowling ten or eight overs or less in the shortened game, so the development of a spinner is tough,” he said.

Speaking from experience, the leg-spinner said, “I played a lot of three-day and four-day cricket, and you learn by bowling 30 overs. You try and learn while bowling those spells. That’s the reason I have actually enjoyed bowling even when there is nothing in the match.

“Just bowling a spell where I start learning about my game. It’s about saying, What are the things that I can do if I come across this situation again? So that’s the learning process. That probably doesn’t happen these days for the younger lot,” he said.

“India needed to produce more turning tracks, which would have some bounce as well”, Kumble said.

“We’ll have to prepare wickets for spinners. The emphasis now is definitely on fast bowlers, but we need to create turning wickets”. “If the first ball of a Test match seams and swings, then it is a good wicket. What’s wrong if the first ball spins?” he asked.