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'Door not closed on Ashwin, Jadeja'

Johannesburg: Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun on Friday said the door is not closed on R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the lead-up to the 2019 World Cup, despite the emergence of a red-hot wrist spin duo in Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Arun acknowledged that newcomers Kuldeep and Chahal have done exceptionally well because wrist spinners do not rely overtly on pitches and conditions.
"They are extremely positive. They are not afraid to flight the ball. They are not afraid to impart extra spin to gain something, and they are not dependent on the wicket," Arun said on the eve of the fourth ODI against South Africa.
"They get a lot out of the air. They have enough skills to beat batsmen in the air and they back their instinct."
India have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the six- match series, with Kuldeep and Chahal contributing handsomely.
"The two spinners have been outstanding in the ODIs. They have got lot of talent and lot of abilities. They have troubled the best batsmen in the business back home.
"We were extremely confident that they would come here to South Africa and make inroads into their batting."
They were first introduced to ODIs on the tour of Sri Lanka. Since then the duo have gone on to play 17 matches each and coincidentally they have also picked up 32 wickets apiece.
Yet, the coach said that the World Cup spots are still open.
"We had a good pool of bowlers and given the volume of cricket we are playing, we needed to keep rotating these bowlers and keep them fresh for every format."
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