England's focus was not on Hartley's 19 wickets at a modest 44.84 apiece in last year's LV= Insurance County Championship when they named him in their squad for the upcoming five-match Test series.
Instead, they are banking on Hartley harnessing India's spinning surfaces in a manner comparable to Ravindra Jadeja and especially Axar Patel, who was England's nemesis on their last Test tour in 2021.
Hartley's only previous excursion to India was with Lancashire four years ago, although an England Lions training camp in Abu Dhabi a couple of months ago has given him some confidence for the weeks ahead.
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