In the last couple of years, Rashid Khan and Kuldeep Yadav have wrecked a lot of havoc for a lot of batsmen around the world. The two wrist spinners have been known to leave the opposition batsmen clueless with their variations in the limited-overs format. With consistent and outstanding performances they’ve earned quite a reputation at the international arena in a really short span.

During the first T20 international at the Gabba, Kuldeep was again phenomenal with the ball. While Australia smashed 158 runs in 17 overs, he finished the game with the figures of 2/24 in the match. He dismissed the skipper Aaron Finch and the dangerous looking Chris Lynn. After his brilliant display in the game, Yadav now holds a scintillating record.

WATCH – Kuldeep Yadav Gets The Better Of Chris Lynn

India may have lost the match. However, it is interesting to note that Kuldeep now has the second-best bowling average i.e. 12.45 in T20 Internationals. Only Rashid has a marginally better average at 12.40. While the Afghan spinner’s economy rate is 6.05, the chinaman bowler isn’t too bad at 6.95. However, Rashid has played more games as compared to that of Kuldeep.

In One-Day Internationals, Rashid has 118 wickets at an unbelievable bowling average of 14.47. On the other hand, Yadav has scalped 67 wickets at 20.07 which is nothing short of impressive. The Indian may hold a slight edge considering Rashid’s efforts have mostly come against associate nations and lesser teams. However, that takes nothing away from the world-class bowler the Afghan leg-spinner has proved himself to be.

Hence, it’s not a surprise that teams have been forking out a huge chunk to retain them in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL). While KKR used RTM for Kuldeep to bag him for ₹5.8 crore, the SRH franchise brought back Rashid Khan for ₹7 crore. Both repaid their faith to the respective managements as Rashid got 21 wickets while Yadav ended up with 17 wickets. Ahead of IPL 2019, they were once again retained by their respective franchises.