New Delhi, Sept 30: English legend and popular commentator Sir Geoffrey Boycott today said India needs to work on youngsters at the Cricket Academy to find a specialist opening pair. "You have to work at the academy. You have to pick youngsters and work on them before bad habits get ingrained in them," Boycott said at press conference here today. Boycott, whose aggregate of 8114 runs from 108 Tests was an England record till David Gower and Graham Gooch surpassed him, said India would struggle in Australia because it did not have an opening batsman with good technique. "From what I have seen, I don't think any of the Indian batsmen have a good technique to counter the ball when it is new and seams and swings a lot. Remember, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, all come down the order. "In my opinion, only (Virender) Sehwag can make some runs by flashing his bat but he would be able to do it in one odd innings, not in all four Tests," the former England opening batsman said.
India is to play a four-Test series in Australia later this year. They also play a triangular limited overs series down under with Zimbabwe as the third team.
Bureau Report