India’s top two spinners in their cricket- R. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are finding it impossible to make a comeback to the India squad in the shorter formats in recent months.
After being ‘rested’ for the ODI series against Sri Lanka and Australia, Ashwin and Jadeja were once again left out for the Twenty20 series as well. Though, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav’s performances in recent times has not helped Ashwin and Jadeja’s cause as well.
But, the main reason of their continues absence from the shorter formats is their inability to produce match winning spells.
Ashwin has played 12 ODIs in the past 2 years and has managed to take just 11 wickets at an economy rate of 5.79.
Jadeja has played 15 ODIs in the last two years and has taken just 11 wickets at an economy rate of 5.27 while in T20Is, he has taken 17 wickets in 18 matches at a high economy rate of 7.26.
In contrast, Kuldeep Yadav has played 11 ODIs since his debut in June 2017 and in the 10 matches he has bowled, he has taken 18 wickets at an average of 24.38 and an economy of 4.78. He has so far played just two T20Is and has taken 3 wickets.
Yuzvendra Chahal too has impressed since making his debut in June 2016. He has played 11 matches and has 17 wickets to his name at an average of 25.70 and an economy rate of 4.50. The leg-spinner has an even better record in T20Is. He has appeared seven times and taken 14 wickets at an average of 15.50 and an economy rate of 7.75.
Statistics proves they are not same effective in shorter formats, as they are in test cricket. On the other hand, Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav performed exceptionally well in given chances.
