Ravichandran Ashwin keeping it classy, as always.
It was only a while ago that Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were the Indian cricket team's biggest spin weapons across all formats. Be it Tests, ODIs or T20s, the spin-twins were the go-to men for Team India.
That, however, is not the case anymore. Not by a long shot. While Ashwin and Jadeja continue to reign supreme as far as Tests are concerned, they have been pushed well behind in the pecking order in white ball cricket.
And the duo that has replaced them is Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. The leg-spinner and chinaman bowler are gradually turning into the most lethal spin-bowling combination in the shorter formats of the game.
They gave another glimpse of their brilliance in the second ODI between India and South Africa in Centurion on Sunday.
Wrist spinner Chahal ripped through South African batting line with his maiden five-wicket haul, as the hosts were bundled out for just 118 in the second ODI of the six-match series at the SuperSport Park. Yadav, too, got off to a terrific start and sent back stand-in-skipper Aiden Markram for 8. He then claimed David Miller for a duck.
In a classy gesture, Ashwin was one of the first ones to congratulate Chahal and Kuldeep on their achievements on Sunday. The off-spinner took to Twitter to share his thoughts with his followers.
"India has been amazing in both the ODIs and the wristies have been amazing, great effort to go 2-0 up and fingers crossed for 6-0. Well done imVkohli , @yuzi_chahal and @imkuldeep18," wrote Ashwin.
Here's his tweet
After asked to bat first, Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock came out to open for South Africa in the second ODI on Sunday. India got the first breakthrough as Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Amla for 23. Quinton de Kock was then caught out on 20 of Chahal's ball.
South Africa, which is suffering from injury woes as both their star players, captain Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers, are not playing, lost six wickets in last six overs.
JP Duminy hit 25; Khaya Zondo who replaced injured du Plessis to make his ODI debut scored 25 and Chris Morris struck 14 before the three were dismissed by Chahal. Yadav chipped in two wickets, while Japrit Bumrah claimed one.
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