A "Shane Warne like drift" makes Kuldeep Yadav a more difficult bowler to face compared to Yuzvendra Chahal, feels former Australia opener Matthew Hayden, who says wrist spinners like the two Indians are becoming more relevant because of finger spinners' lack of "courage".
Kuldeep and Chahal, the two Indian wrist spinners, have troubled the world's best batsmen in the shorter formats.
So what makes them special?
"During his second spell, the speed was like 80-82 kmph compared to 90-92 kmph in the first spell. So that's a celar drop of 10kmph. All of a sudden, he looked unplayable."
"They have this courage issue where they don't want to give away runs. In Tests, they become wicket-takers compared to being run-savers. That's the difference."
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