Pakistan's bowling attack

In the recent test series against England ,Pakistan was able to win over them ,because of it's supreme bowling attack only, again they will be only relying on their bowling attack to put India in a spot of bother in this test match as they woold not be relying too much on their batsman .

Though Pakistan pace attack has been performing well in the last 3 months ,they does not have too much variety in their pace bowling line up is a cause of concern for them .Pakistan's pace attack rely too much on pace as their main lethal weapon except Rana-Naved-Ul-Hasan who has added some variety to the pakistan attack with his swing bowling.

SHOAIB AKTHAR:
Shoaib Akthar commonly known as "RAWALPINDI EXPRESS" has been main stay of the pakistan's bowling attack for the last few years, after bowling greats Wasim Akram and Waqar younis retired after the 2003 world cup debacle.Though
Shoiab Akthar bowls constanly at above 145kph ,he will be prime weapon only when he add's some variety to his bowling .Of late though he added variety this bowling with his slower deliveries,Akthar will not pose any grave danger to Indian team as they would have sorted out him with extensive video analysis. I personally feel to fare better against Indians he needs to add swing to his bowling ,then only he culd be a potent bowling weapon against Indians.

SAMI:
As far as Sami is concerned, he could be also a most weapon when bowling in tandem with Shoiab Akthar.Especially against Indians ,He has not fared well and he could be a cause of worry for Pakistan ,if he did not bowl well in the upcoming series against India.

RANA-NAVED-UL-HASAN:
Rana Naved was devastated when his bowling was smashed by Sehwag to all parks of ground in his debut match against Indians in 2003.Nowdays he added a new dimension to Pakistan's attack with his swing and seam bowling.And it was Rana who completely destroyed Indians in the Onedayseries held last year.The fact that it was Rana who helped Pakistan for a series win in the One day series may be pschyologically playing in the minds of Indians and they may give him too much respect and it may be an added advantage for Pakistan.The
recent performance of Rana against England augurs well for Pakistan and they may have a slight advantage by having a swing bowler like Rana in their team.

SPIN ATTACK:
Though their pace department is very good when compared to Pakistan,their spin department is a cause of concern for them.Even though they have world class spinners like Daneish Kaneria in their team , the absence of good support bowlers for Danish Kaneria makes their attack as an ordinary one.
Though Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi act as part time spinners and though they may lend good support ,they may not be as good as their Indian spin attack who can ripe apart any batting line up in the world

Danish Kaneria:
He is their prime spin bowler as far as Pakistan's attack is concerned.The ability of Kaneria to bowl Long spells and maintain a constant line and length and bowl more wicket taking deliveries may poses threat to Indians as Pakistan can stem the flow of runs with Danish Kaneria at one end and with their pace Bowlers at other end.He has very good googly makes him a dangerous bowler in their line-up.

Shoaib Malik:
Even though Shoaib Malik provides much needed variety to the Pakistan's spin attack,his inability to impart enough revolutions to the ball and absence of Doosra makes him a less potent bowler than his Indian counterpart Harbhajan Singh.

Shahid Afridi:
Shahid Afridi is a part-time bowler who bowls his fast fattish leg spinners at brisk pace makes him similar to Anil Kumble ,but the absence of variety in his bowling makes him as very ordinary bowler.

In overall ,Pakistan will be more relying on their paceattack to make inroads in the Indian batting line-up and in case they will not more relying on their spin attack,as Indians play spinners better than the Pace.