Danish Kaneira said on Sunday he had done his homework to bowl on Indian pitches and was raring to go after their "great batsmen".
KARACHI: Eyeing a Test series win,Pakistan's experienced leg-spinner Danish Kaneira said on Sunday he had done his homework to bowl on Indian pitches and was raring to go after their "great batsmen".
"You look at the score sheet and the Indian team has some great batsmen but that is the challenge trying to get through them. If we bowl well with discipline as a team we can beat India in this series," Kaneria said in an interview.
"I am prepared and I have done some homework on the Indian batsmen. But in the end it is all about bowling with discipline and patience," he said.
Kaneria joins the Pakistan Test squad in New Delhi on Monday for the three-match series after his side lost the five-match one-day series. He leaves with batsman Faisal Iqbal and pacer Mohammad Sami to join the team.
"The positive thing is that in India they play with the SG ball which gives spinners a good grip and their pitches also normally encourage some spin," he said.
Kaneria, who has 208 wickets in 48 Tests, said the experience of the 2005 tour would also help him a lot because he learnt a lot in that series and became a more confident and better bowler.
"The more you bowl against top batsmen the more you learn and become consistent."
He also credited his success in Test cricket to former captain Inzamam-ul Haq.
"Inzamam understood my bowling and as a captain he was very good at handling me. He had a lot of confidence in my bowling and kept on pushing me to do a lot of bowling which I enjoyed," said the bowler, who took 19 wickets on his last Test tour to India in 2005.
Kaneria said he was hopeful that new captain Shoaib Malik would also repose confidence in him.
"Malik has played under Inzamam and knows how he handled me. I am confident he will also use me to the best of abilities and at the times when I can deliver best for the team," the leg-spinner said.
The 26-year-old pointed out that it was very important for a leg-spinner to have a good captain backing him all the way.
"A leg spinner is an attacking bowler and needs his captain to have confidence in him. Imran Khan depended a lot on Abdul Qadir while Wasim Akram had the same faith in Mushtaq Ahmed.
"Shane Warne has enjoyed such a lot of success because he has played under some very good captains."
Kaneria said he has a very good rapport with his new captain.
"I don't have problems being a stock bowler and sending down long spells. But I want wickets because that is my main task. I am ready to do a lot of bowling in India."
Kaneria said that he was going to India well prepared as he had a good workout against South Africa and had been playing lot of domestic cricket.
The bowler said he was disappointed not to be part of the one-day team in India but said this had also allowed him to celebrate Diwali with his family.
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