IND vs SA: Taking time to get used to change-ups from Yadav, Chahal, says Dale

Kuldeep Yadav PicAFPSouth African batting coach Dale Benkenstein today conceded that their batsmen have been unable to read Indian wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav during the ongoing ODI series as it is taking time to get adjusted to their changeups India took a 20 lead in the series with their comprehensive win on Sunday as Chahal took a careerbest 5 for 22 and bowled out South Africa for the lowest total on home soilThe tough thing is you are playing against two wrist spinners and not a lot of players have played against It does take time to get used to their changeups and their variations Benkenstein sounded helpless Their spinners are very good obviously Earlier Anil Kumble was the one who could really spin the ball away from the bat He bowled pretty quick and the ball would come on to the bat But these guys Chahal and Yadav are a lot slowerWeve had a good look at them in the two games so far and Im sure our performances will improve as the series goes on he said The Proteas have got two wrist spinners to create match simulation but comfort facing them wont happen overnight The guys were in the nets and weve got two wrist spinners so they were practising against them But things dont turn around overnight So there isnt much time to practice but I dont think today we got out to the spinners bowling us out I think we had some soft dismissals there Benkenstein said that the slow pace of the Indian spinners made all the differenceThe challenge lies in the fact that they bowl very slow Our spinners bowl very fast Even on domestic wickets we bowl pretty quick and its so much easier to get runs when thats the case To be fair in South Africa we dont get a lot of spin So this is obviously an issue Im actually pretty amazed by how slow they can actually bowl And obviously if youre a wrist spinner and you bowl slow then it turns on any surface But I think because of the slowness there are also scoring opportunities I would rather that we look at that than just plodding around he addedBenkenstein said that absence of experienced stalwarts like AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis is a massive miss for them It obviously is tough to not have them De Villiers and Du Plessis We are playing against a very very strong team and we would have ideally wanted to be at full strength We have got in the back of our minds as well as our eyes are on the World Cup We want to win the series but we do see this as a great opportunity to get some game time on to our next best players Benkenstein reasoned Also even though AB and Faf arent playing there are some very senior players that are still playing And its a great opportunity for them to put their hands up and start winning some games Benkenstein addedCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go