India mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy feels wickets in the ongoing Asia Cup are not offering much assistance to tweakers in the early part of the matches but it’s been comparatively easier for them to get some purchase off the track in the final 10 overs so far.

Chakravarthy, who has taken four wickets in four games at an impressive economy rate of 5.85, has been unlucky as many catches have been dropped off his bowling during the course of the tournament.

When asked if he felt more comfortable bowling towards the back-end in this tournament, the Tamil Nadu mystery spinner nodded in agreement, citing a softer ball and the spread out field as contributing factors.

“The harder the ball is, it definitely is not getting much purchase for a spinner. Talking from a spinner’s perspective,

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