<p>Australian opener Phillip Hughes believes that he has the right technique to face the Indian spin attack in trying sub-continent conditions in the upcoming four-Test series, beginning on February 22.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“They’ve got all their bases covered with their spinners, going in and away from the bat, so it’s going to be challenging. I feel like my technique has come a long way in the past 12 months. Spin has been in the back of my mind, knowing that this series was coming up,” Hughes said.<br /><br />Hughes feels that the sweep-shot, used to good effect by the likes of Mathew Hayden in previous tours to tackle spin, could be a handy tool in the Indian conditions.<br /><br />“I’ve brought that into my game in the past 12 months, the sweep shot. Playing in Sri Lanka (in September 2011) in their conditions where it did turn... I played the sweep shot a little bit over there but it was a shot that I felt I had to improve on. <br /><br />“I might bring it out in India, depending on conditions... that it’s there if needed,” he was quoted as saying by ‘Sydney Morning Herald’.<br /><br />Hughes is amongst the second batch of players along with Shane Watson, Mitchel Johnson and Xavier Doherty who will arrive in India late on Monday.<br /><br />The 24-year-old left-hander said he is expecting Indians to use their strength -- the spin bowling early in conditions favourable to it.</p>
<p>Australian opener Phillip Hughes believes that he has the right technique to face the Indian spin attack in trying sub-continent conditions in the upcoming four-Test series, beginning on February 22.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“They’ve got all their bases covered with their spinners, going in and away from the bat, so it’s going to be challenging. I feel like my technique has come a long way in the past 12 months. Spin has been in the back of my mind, knowing that this series was coming up,” Hughes said.<br /><br />Hughes feels that the sweep-shot, used to good effect by the likes of Mathew Hayden in previous tours to tackle spin, could be a handy tool in the Indian conditions.<br /><br />“I’ve brought that into my game in the past 12 months, the sweep shot. Playing in Sri Lanka (in September 2011) in their conditions where it did turn... I played the sweep shot a little bit over there but it was a shot that I felt I had to improve on. <br /><br />“I might bring it out in India, depending on conditions... that it’s there if needed,” he was quoted as saying by ‘Sydney Morning Herald’.<br /><br />Hughes is amongst the second batch of players along with Shane Watson, Mitchel Johnson and Xavier Doherty who will arrive in India late on Monday.<br /><br />The 24-year-old left-hander said he is expecting Indians to use their strength -- the spin bowling early in conditions favourable to it.</p>