A day prior to the first ODI against South Africa at Kingsmead, Virat Kohli made a surprising admission: "We feel that the core of players (for 2019 ODI World Cup) is more or less sorted. The rest depends on who takes up a particular spot and what the team requires in certain conditions. Maybe, just maybe, the Men in Blue have already identified their firstchoice spin pairing for the World Cup next year.And for good reason! Picking five wickets for 79 runs on their first outing in South Africa, the Chahal-Yadav combine has already improved on India's spin showing from the 2013 ODI series here. "I think they stunned South Africa a bit.

Source: Economic Times February 02, 2018 17:37 UTC