India vs England 2020-21, 4th Test: Leach aims to learn spin variations from Ashwin, Axar

India is going a sturdy time to England in the current four-Test series for the Anthony de Mello Trophy. Furthermore, India's lethal spin attack from Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel has entirely rattled the English batting line-up, as Jack Leach aims to learn its effectiveness.

Team India has made England's life troublesome in the ongoing four-Test series for the Anthony de Mello Trophy. As India leads 2-1 after three Tests, its spinners have ensured that the English batsmen are not successful any further following their decent outing in the opening Test.

The Indian spinners have claimed 47 wickets so far in the three Tests, while the fourth Test is likely to witness a similar dominance from them. Although the English spinners have been helpful, it is nothing compared to that of the Indians, as Jack Leach looks to learn Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel's effectiveness in the final Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from Thursday.

"When you see players having so much success, like Ravichandran Ashwin, who has just got to 400 Test wickets and has a lot of experience in India, and Axar Patel, who has had a great start to Test cricket, of course, you try to learn from them. It's important not to look at it too emotionally though and think, 'I just want to bowl exactly like them!'. Ashwin is right-arm, for a start, so I'm not going to bowl like him! Even Axar, he's a left-arm spinner, but he's taller than me - I can't change my height!" he wrote for Sky Sports.

"Ashwin will bowl to the same spot, but the way it gets there and whether it hits the seam or hits the lacquer varies and the ball reacts very differently. Then, Axar is someone who seems to present every ball the same, a squarish seam, then a few skid on and the odd one grips - that has been so effective on the wickets we've played on," he added.

While Leach is happy with how he got his wickets in the three Tests so far, he intends to step up to the final Ahmedabad Test's challenge and sounds confident about passing with flying colours. "...we're all keen to learn and are excited by the challenge; you have to be because if it was all easy then it wouldn't be Test cricket and it wouldn't be as much fun when you have those good moments. It's something that I'm relishing. I was really pleased with the way I got the wickets, lbw and they were all from straight balls, obviously the balls before spin and then, you get the wicket with the straight one," he concluded.