South Africa vs India 2018: 5 reasons why playing both Kuldeep and Chahal will turn out to be a master stroke

#2 Wickets in the middle overs

Kuldeep and Chahal have a bowling strike rate of 29.2 and 32.07, respectively

The primary reason why Ashwin and Jadeja lost their place in the ODI team is that they were not able to pick up enough wickets. Kuldeep and Chahal have a bowling strike rate of 29.2 and 32.07 as opposed to the 50.6 and 67.5 of Ashwin and Jadeja, respectively since the 2015 World Cup.

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These wickets break the back of the opposition batting line-up. The 5 wickets that the young spinners shared between them in the 1st ODI proved to be the difference between the score of 269 - at which India could restrict the Proteas - and a challenging 320-run total.