ICC Champions Trophy 2017: Top 5 takeaways for ODIs from the tournament

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08:  Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan of India run between the wickets during the ICC Champions trophy cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at The Oval in London on June 8, 2017  (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
Rohit and Dhawan provided wonderful starts for India

#3 Mystery in the bowling attack

CARDIFF, WALES - JUNE 14:  Hasan Ali of Pakistan celebrates capturing the wicket of Jonny Bairstow during the ICC Champions Trophy Semi-Final match between England and Pakistan at the SWALEC Stadium on June 14, 2017 in Cardiff, Wales.  (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
Hasan Ali ended up being the leading wicket-taker

The teams that did not have a mystery quotient in the bowling line-up were hurt badly. Whichever teams had variety in the armoury were the ones that moved forward. If the bowling attack is monotonous, it gets easy for the batsmen to attack.

The mystery doesn’t necessarily mean to possess mystery spinners. It can also mean to have bowlers who can reverse the ball like Hasan Ali did for Pakistan. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit did the other job well of bowling yorkers and slower balls at the death and that worked well for India.

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