Captains holding back their leg spinners when a LHB is batting is very common. It gets very harder in the T20s for them to do that for long and can affect plans. Looked into how leg spinners fare out against LHB as compared to their career E.R and compared the % Diff

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Rashid Khan is unreal if you had any doubts about it , and remember his sample size is huge considering the number of leagues he plays. So is Shadab Khan who might be part of the IPL but he has terrific numbers and is not talked about as much as the other spinners.

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Yuzvendra Chahal against the LHB has an economy difference of 17 % which is a very worrying sign and probably indicates he has to put in some work on his googly.

🔸 Karn Sharma looks mighty happy bowling against the LHB and so does Rahul Chahar to a certain extent.

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This might also go on to reveal to a certain extent about who has better control on their googly because it's a very important aspect to keep the LHB's at bay but can't be a definite conclusion because I don't have the number of wrong ones bowled.

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Very important for wrist spinners probably yo be very comfortable against all type of batsman especially in this format and this comparison might have been a real eye opener for me in that aspect in terms of quality of leg spinners.

🔸 Data sorted wrt career E.R

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