India spinner hails pace attack as key to fast start at Cricket World Cup

India have made a blazing start to the Cricket World Cup on home soil with four clinical victories to be one of only two teams to remain undefeated.

While batters including skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have blasted big scores while India chased down their four targets, the bowling attack has been crucial to setting up each triumph.

India have taken 36 wickets in their four matches so far, after bowling out both Australia and Pakistan for less than 200, and taking eight scalps against each of Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

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"It's very important to start off very well with the first Powerplay. Jasprit and Siraj have done really well,” India spinner Kuldeep Yadav told the ICC

“Not just giving us wickets, but probably just containing the runs as well (for) when me and Jaddu bhai (Ravindra Jadeja) come to bowl.

"We've always got one or two wickets, only today (against Bangladesh) we felt that they got a very good start.”

Bumrah has claimed the second-most wickets at the tournament to date with 10, while Siraj and all-rounder Hardik Pandya have both picked up five.

While the pace trio have combined to make an immediate impact in most matches, Bumrah and Siraj are likely to be even more important to India's hopes after Pandya rolled an ankle against Bangladesh and had to be helped from the field.

Spin twins Kuldeep and Jadeja will also be pivotal to India's chances in their upcoming matches against an impressive New Zealand and defending champions England, whether the duo are taking wickets or limiting the flow of runs.

Jadeja has made his mark in both roles while taking seven wickets and bowling at the fourth-best economy rate in the tournament of 3.75.

Kuldeep is also among the tidiest bowlers and has the seventh-best economy rate of 4.1 runs an over while claiming six scalps so far.

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"We're just working on length and we're keeping it very simple, me and Jaddu bhai,” Kuldeep said.

"We're getting the good wickets as well, but it's very important to keep it very simple and just maintain that in every game, that's very important.

"If you pick an early wicket in the middle overs, definitely it gives you confidence and it just controls the run rate as well.”

India are set to face New Zealand next in a top-of-the-table blockbuster on Sunday.

Both teams will be eyeing off outright first place in the Cricket World Cup standings when the two unbeaten teams clash in Dharamsala.

Kuldeep is confident India can match the runner's up from the last Cricket World Cup in 2019 when they meet in the high-stakes encounter.

"The opposition is good, but we feel we are very comfortable, playing good cricket. That's more important than anything,” Kuldeep said.

"Obviously when you face good sides in the World Cup, there's a lot of pressure, but at the same time it's very important to keep calm and keep playing good cricket.

"We as a team are doing really well, so we'd just like to continue the same in the next game.”

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