Former Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble said Varun Chakravarthy should look to get the ball to turn away from the right-handers before trying to get the ball to turn into the batter. It has been noticed that Chakravarthy is bowling his googly a bit too early in his spell.

The mystery spinner returned with figures of 1-40 in his quota of four overs against the West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday. Earlier, Chakravarthy returned with expensive figures of 1-47 in his four overs against South Africa. He bagged 1-35 against Zimbabwe in the Super 8 clash.

Kumble has noted that the opposition batters have worked out a way to play Varun Chakravarthy as they are expecting the ball to come back into them.

Kumble said on ESPN Cricinfo, “Maybe the analyst can probably pull out how many times is he looking to actually take the ball away from a right-hander. I haven’t seen that much. Maybe that’s something that he could potentially do. Then, the ball coming back into the right-hander becomes that much more dangerous.

“Although the batters are not able to pick that every time he bowls, now it seems like the batters are only expecting the ball coming into them, and playing him that way, rather than sort of searching for it. So, maybe he needs to mix a few balls, which goes away from the right-hander, and then possibly bring that back in,” the former India captain went on to add.

On the other hand, former South African captain Faf du Plessis urged the English batters to put the pressure on Chakravarthy from the get-go.

“We saw the South African team take the positive route, put pressure on him, try and take him out of the game. I think the key is, for the batting team against India, to try and put pressure on him because if you can get that sixth bowler into the game for India, then you as a batting unit are in a place where you want to be.”

India will take on England in the second semifinal at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on Thursday.