10 things which have changed since the last Cricket World Cup

#7 The importance of leg-spinners

These leg spinners have followed the footsteps of Shane Warne, Picture Courtesy - Financial Express

The leg-spinners have become an important part of the limited overs format as each and every international team features at least 1 or 2 leg spinners in their squad. The Indian team has Kuldeep Yadav and Y Chahal, the South African team have Imran Tahir, the English team have Adil Rashid, the West Indian team have D Bishoo, the Afghan team have R Khan, the Australian team have A Zampa while Sri Lanka are known to produce mystery spinners every second day.

The leggies occupy a majority of the top positions in the ICC Rankings for bowlers which show their importance in a team. This was not the case during the 2015 World Cup as the finger spinners and pacers were considered to be superior to the leg spinners to play in a match.