Wait: we don’t have a better T20 player than Jurel?

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3 minutes ago, StraightDrive26 said:

Mystery spinners have short shelf life and everyone talks about Mendis but again his dominance of India just lasted one year. In 2008 when he was unknown he absolutely decimated India first in the Asia cup finals followed by the Test series after. A year later SL toured India in 2009 and he was absolutely hammered. When India realised that his variations they absolutely thrashed him in that series. Even Yuvraj who isn't considered great against spin took a liking to Mendis. The biggest challenge for any spinner is to not have a skill which can be found out. For example Saqlain Mushtaq wasn't a mystery spinner, he was a great off-spinner with a mystery ball. A huge difference. If you are talking about a spinner as a surprise in a major tournament then I agree may be it is a possibility but again such a bowler will not have a long career. Why just a off-spinner? Why not a very good left armer, not talking about Axar. NZ has one of the best left arm spinners currently playing in World Cricket and he is an all-format bowler. SA has Maharaj who has been doing well in all formats for them. India need to look at Sai Kishore or some other bowler who has good record in List A.

 yes, agreed that mystery does not last long and posted same on the other thread discussing varun in odis.

 

The thing with LA spin is they are substitute to leg-spin, if the teams can not find leg-spinner the next best thing is LA spin and its a plus when they bat.

If the Intnl cricket start having a lot of LH batter then the opposite will start happening that LA spin will have to come from a proper batter and off-spinner will have bigger role to play.