South Africa vs India 2018: 5 reasons to watch the ODI series

#1 Litmus test for India’s wrist spinners

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will look to prove their mettle in overseas conditions

With the way one-day cricket is being played these days (with flat pitches conducive to batting, powerful bats and rules favouring power-hitting batting) finger spinners have almost become redundant and almost every team now has one key wrist spinner in their ranks.

India are lucky to have been blessed with two high-quality but varied wrist spinners in Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal.

After a stellar performance in home conditions all through 2017, these 2 wrist spinners not only put up one match-winning and heart-warming performance after the other but they also displaced and moved India’s 2 premier Test spinners Ashwin and Jadeja from the one-day unit to the fringe lines.

However, the real examination begins now, starting with the one-day series against South Africa to identify if these 2 talented bowlers can deliver the goods on supposedly seaming and non-spinner friendly conditions.

Needless to say a strong performance from them in this series, will go a long way in booking their berths for the 2019 World Cup squad.