Ajaz Patel: Embracing the twists with the turn

What is a spinner? As with most things in life, it depends on who you ask. For Shane Warne, it's someone who makes batters believe something is happening when it really isn't. For Ravichandran Ashwin, it's like being an engineer, constantly "upgrading the software" to stay ahead. For Virender Sehwag, they're bowlers who are probably better off staying away from him. And if you are playing for New Zealand, a spinner might just be someone warming the bench.

Few know that feeling better than Ajaz Patel. Less than three years ago, he felt the "stars had aligned for him" in Mumbai. He had just become only the third spinner in history to pick