Door is not closed on Ashwin and Jadeja, says bowling coach Arun

Johannesburg, February 10: The emergence and success of India wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav have raised doubts over the future of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the limited over formats.

However, India bowling coach B Arun said the door is not closed on Ashwin and Jadeja.

Arun acknowledged that newcomers Kuldeep and Chahal have done exceptionally well because wrist spinners do not rely on pitches and conditions.

"They are extremely positive. They are not afraid to flight the ball. They are not afraid to impart extra spin to gain something, and they are not dependent on the wicket," Arun said.

"They get a lot out of the air. They have enough skills to beat batsmen in the air and they back their instinct," Arun said.

India have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the six- match series, with Kuldeep and Chahal picking up 21 wickets among them.

"The two spinners have been outstanding in the ODIs. They have got lot of talent and lot of abilities. They have troubled the best batsmen in the business back home.

"We were extremely confident that they would come here to South Africa and make inroads into their batting," said Arun.

Yet, Arun said the World Cup spots are still open.

"We had a good pool of bowlers and given the volume of cricket we are playing, we needed to keep rotating these bowlers and keep them fresh for every format.

"These two bowlers showed a lot of promise. We thought that in these conditions, wrist spinners would do lot more than finger spinners, and they have come to the party here," he said.

"We wanted to look at all the existing talent in the pool and then we wanted to decide who we wanted for the ultimate goal of the World Cup. It's not that Ashwin and Jadeja are out of the race. They could still be (included) into the team," he added.