Paul Adams lauds India wrist-spinners Chahal and Kuldeep, calls them match-winners

New Delhi, Feb 20: Former South Africa spinner Paul Adams is the latest to praise Indian spin-twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav for their impressive show in the ongoing limited-overs series against South Africa.

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It was the lethal wrist-spin combination of Chahal and Yadav which proved to be fatal for the Protea batsmen as they came to a cropper all through the ODI series in front of their spin web.

The Protea batsmen kept getting trapped in their web and together shared 33 wickets in six games as India crushed South Africa 5-1 in the six-match series.

In an interview to Cricbuzz, Adams, the Chinaman who was popular for his unique bowling action, was full of praise for Chahal and Kuldeep and felt that India would greatly benefit if they kept playing the duo together.

"If you look at the way cricket has gone in recent times, it has become more in favour of batsmen," Adams was quoted as saying.

"So it is great for India that they are able to include both in the same playing eleven. Yes, they are wrist spinners but they are different. They can take the ball away from batsmen. With different angles and different deliveries, they are very potent," he added further.

Adams also lauded India's bold decision to play two spinners whereas many teams sometimes don't even go in with a spinner. As per the 41-year-old, India are a balanced side and it is this balance that allows them to field two spinners and brought them in a unique position.

"India are eager to use both together and their team balance even allows for it," Adams said. "Not a lot of teams can do that, include two spinners in the same ODI eleven, let alone two wrist-spinners. South Africa usually don't use two spinners in ODIs or T20Is. At Johannesburg ODI, they didn't have a single spinner on a good batting surface. Yet, India were able to play both. It is definitely a unique position to be in."

Going into the finer details of the bowling methods of the two 'wristies', Adams said, "Their success is down to slow pace. Yes, they haven't played in South Africa before but they saw the pitches here and knew that they had to bowl at a slower pace."

"They were put under pressure in only one match but it was down to conditions. The pitch was good for batting and they were attacked. But leave that game aside, they have been nearly unplayable," he analyzed.