New Zealand v India, 2020: 3 key reasons why India lost the ODI series

#3 Spinners ineffective in the middle overs

Kuldeep Yadav was carted around by the Kiwis

The same bowling attack which was doing really well in the T20I series have been very ordinary in the ODI series so far. After scoring 347 in the first game, bowlers couldn't defend a mammoth score as they bowled 29 extras that included 24 wides and a no ball, which is far too many for an international side.

Not too long ago, Virat Kohli was a fan of wrist spin in this format as he played both left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal as wicket taking options in the middle overs.

Since the hammering against England in the World Cup, Kohli has been reluctant to use both the wrist spinners together and brought in the left-arm orthodox spin of Ravindra Jadeja to get more control during the middle phase of the game.

Kuldeep Yadav was played in the first game and he was hammered by the Kiwi batsman for 84 runs and was replaced by Yuzvendra Chahal in the second but the leg spinner too went for 58 runs in his 10 overs.

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