5 oversees spinners who exploited Indian conditions

By Rameez Mannil

Updated - 25 Feb 2017, 23:21 IST

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2. Lance Gibbs

Lance Gibbs bowling, Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, Melbourne, Dec 1975-76. (Photo by Patrick Eagar/Patrick Eagar Collection via Getty Images)

The West Indies were feared for their pace battery in their heydays. The Carribean with long fingers made merry on Indian pitches. He played 9 matches in India to pick up 39 wickets at the cost of 23 runs.

Lance was the first spinner in Test history to cross the 300-wicket mark and was remarkably accurate with his off-cutters. With terrifying pace always operating from the other end, Gibbs had his work cut out and picked wickets aplenty from the other end.

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