Hogg would do well against India, feels Warne

MELBOURNE: Throwing his weight behind Brad Hogg, spin legend Shane Warne said the bowler has done well against India in the one dayers and there is no reason why he can't do it against them in the forthcoming Test series as well.

Warne admitted supple wrists and nimble footwork of the Indian batsmen make them the best player of spin bowling but still believes Hogg would make his mark in the Test series.

"India plays the spinners extremely well, but Australian pitches are different. There is a lot of extra bounce and he (Hogg) can still have an impact. It's not low, slow, big-turning wickets. It's fast, bounce and not much turn," Warne was quoted as saying by the 'Herald Sun'.

Harbhajan Singh has already dared Australia to field Hogg, warning the spinner might cop quite a battering against his batting colleagues.

Rival captain Ricky Ponting picked up the gauntlet and invited India to have a go at the spinner.

Warne, meanwhile, conceded that against India, he did not do as well as he has done against other countries but insisted it was not too bad either.

"I think Hoggy will do well. They played me pretty well on the whole but I still had success against them."

Warne's optimism stems from the fact that Hogg did reasonably well in the ODI series against India and his advice was to stick to the same gameplan.

"You know they are going to play spin well and you are going to be under the pump a little bit. But the way he (Hogg) has played in one-day cricket is how he should bowl in Test cricket."