Indian spinners have bowled well in one-day series against England

Instructions: Click on Image to Enlarge and right click and "save as: to download Photos Cardiff (Wales): England off-spinner Graeme Swann on Wednesday said that Indian spinners have bowled well in the ongoing one-day series against the hosts, and said the local media was being harsh in writing the Indian bowlers off.

He also said that what the Indian cricketers did with their time away from the game was their business, and added that with tours nowadays being long and hard, cricketers hada right to take time off from the sport and find other ways to relax their bodies and minds.

Addressing a pre-match press conference ahead of the Cardiff one-dayer, which will be the last of the series, Swann said: "I don't know. It's up to India to decide what they do with their practice time. I know from being on tour that tours are very long and hard, sometimes a day away from cricket can be as beneficial as going through the motions and training. So, whatever India decides to do, I'm sure it's for the best."

"I think it's a little harsh. I think the Indian spinners have bowled well in this one-day series. I think Jadeja, since he's come in, has bowled very well and Ashwin was exceptional at the Oval and at Lord's. So, they're certainly two players that we look at as a batting unit, and work very hard on combating, because we know that if we take them lightly, then we'll come a cropper," he added.

Swann has been asked to captain the country in the T20 series against West Indies beginning later this month in the wake of incumbent skipper Stuart Broad's injury.

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