Irfan Pathan feels that the Indian batters' ability to play spin is on a sharp decline after India lost to South Africa by 30 runs in the Kolkata Test. On a pitch that proved to be tricky for all the batters, India failed to chase down 124 runs and were bundled out for just 93. Out of the 20 Indian wickets across both innings, 12 went to spinners.
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Simon Harmer was the hero with the ball for South Africa as he picked up four-wicket hauls in both the innings as the Indian batters had no clue how to negate his off
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