Amit Mishra will be the star performer in this series: Suresh Raina

Indian middle-order batsman Suresh Raina feels that India will win the Test series against West Indies quite comfortably. With impressive bowling in the warm-up matches, Amit Mishra had announced his arrival in the Carribean and Raina believes that the leggie will be the top performer in the series.

“India will win by a big margin,” Raina told India Today in an Exclusive chat. “And, Amit Mishra will be the star performer in this series. His ability to spin the ball on those pitches will make him most difficult for West Indies batsmen to handle in this series,” he added.

“The pitches will be good for batting, slightly slowish. Mishra knows how to use the conditions and be patient. I have a feeling this will be his series even though the other two spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have also bowled well in the side games. Anil (Kumble) Bhai’s inputs will give him ideas as well as confidence and that’s what a leg spinner needs,” he said.

India will win the series 3-0 or 4-0:

He feels that the slightly inexperienced West Indies line-up will not withstand the Indian challenge. “Can’t say much about the players in this West Indies team but I don’t think they can stand up to the Indian challenge. They don’t have the same players they had till a few years back, even Dinesh Ramdin has been dropped.”

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He said that India might even whitewash the Windies. “India will win comfortably, 3-0 or maybe even 4-0. I went to Bangalore for a day and the camp looked full of intent and the team looked so positive, Anil Bhai and Virat Kohli will surely make this a memorable tour for India,” he predicted.

“The heat can at times get to you so the bowlers will have to stay patient, especially when the ball gets older,” Raina concluded saying.