Wrist spinners will always make a difference: De Silva

NAGPUR: Indian wrist spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, have been making waves at the domestic and international levels and Sri Lankan cricket legend Aravinda de Silva, himself a great player of spin, feels wrist spinners have always been effective.
"Wrist spinners always make the difference. They can get the grip off any wicket, they get bounce and have more variations than finger spinners.(Muttiah) Muralitharan was an off-spinner but he used to use his wrists a lot. The likes of Abdul Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed also made more difference than finger spinners," De Silva told TOI on Monday. He was in the city on a business trip.
De Silva also looked impressed with the performance of Team India in the last couple of years and said they would be one of the favourites for next year's World Cup.
"They have a very good batting line-up with quite a bit of experience down the order. They have (MS) Dhoni, who is very consistent. He adjusts to the situations. He controls the game in the middle overs. They have got Virat (Kohli), (Shikhar) Dhawan and Rohit (Sharma). Virat is one of the best players I have seen for a long time. I guess when you have a batting line-up like that, it becomes easier for the bowling attack," he said.
The 52-year-old, who used to be a thorn in the flesh for India during his playing days, felt that the current Indian bowling line-up had more variations that the one he used to play against.
"It's probably the variations they have got in their attack. Also, the confidence level they have, especially after playing against top international players in the IPL. Cricket is a game of confidence and IPL has given them the opportunity to have necessary exposure," he said.