India should hope that wickets world cup : Dravid

India should hope that wickets world cup : Dravid

Mumbai: Former India cricketer Rahul Dravid today said that the upcoming World Cup is going to be a challenge for the MS Dhoni-led team, which should hope for the Australian and New Zealand wickets to remain slow and supportive of spin. It's going to be a challenge, it is not easy. You are playing in very different conditions, Dravid told reporters here.

It was a bit "strange" to see that most of the Australian wickets were slow during the recently-concluded Test series and Dravid hopes the pitches behave n the same manner to assist India's most potent weapon, spin.

That's the advantage India has, if the wickets stay slower and lower as we have seen in the Test matches, then the spinners will come into the mix and India can afford to play two and even three spinners,  he said.

However, he also pointed out that the slow track at Adelaide was much different from the fast one in Brisbane.