South Africa vs India 6th ODI: 5 strategies that India can adopt to rotate their squad

#3 Rest one of the spin twins

The spin duo has been the X-factor for the Indian team in the ODI series

The X-factor for the Indian team in their series win has definitely been the spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, who have been successful in spinning a web around the South Africans.

The Indian team should now look at bringing in Axar Patel in, leaving out one of the two wrist spinners. This will give Axar much-needed match time and also provide the team more options. The wrist spinners were taken to the cleaners in the fourth ODI which means they are definitely not invincible.

Having someone like Axar who is very effective in tying the batsmen down, it won't be a bad idea to test him out as an option. This could also provide us with a measure of his batting abilities should he get a turn with the bat in the lower middle order.