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Kolkata Knight Riders: Ryan ten Doeschate, the India men’s assistant coach, said he is keen to get the batters in the current set-up become best players of playing spin bowling in the world.

His comments come after India lost 27 wickets to Sri Lankan spinners in the three ODIs held in Colombo earlier this month, as the Rohit Sharma-led side slumped to a 2-0 defeat. It’s the highest number of dismissals any team has lost to spin-bowling in a three-match bilateral men’s ODI series.

"One of the challenges I wasn't expecting and I kind of overlooked is the playing of spin by Indian batters. We got undone in Sri Lanka. The mindset of India has been such that they've been so desperate to do well overseas."