India, June 6 -- Afghanistan head coach Richard Pybus on Friday said the course of the one-off Test against India starting here on Saturday will be decided by how batters from both the teams tackle the spin challenge.

India and Afghanistan will face off here on Saturday in what will only be their second ever Test in history, having played another one-off game in Bengaluru in June 2018.

That game was won by India inside two days.

"The Mullanpur pitch, for how long grass cover can hold the pitch (together) and how well both sides play with spin bowling playing huge part, will decide (the course of the Test)," Pybus told the reporters here on the eve of the Test.

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