Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan backed his opening partner Rohit Sharma to come good in the ongoing ODI series. Rohit has been failed to play big knocks in the first two matches of this six-game series in South Africa.

Dhawan gave credit to both wrist-spinners for India’s immense success in South Africa and said they are really hard to pick, which increased the misery for every foreign batsman.

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“It is difficult to play wrist-spinners because they have the ability to turn the ball on flat tracks as well. And when the ball starts to turn, foreign player find it really difficult, because they are not used to playing such kind of turn. That can create a doubt in batsman’s mind. That is why they are really effective,” said Dhawan.

“Out of the two spinners Kuldeep and Chahal, the former is more difficult to read as he is a chinaman bowler. There are certain players who can’t read the googly. As far as Chahal is concerned, not many players read his googly.”

Meanwhile, the southpaw gave his weight behind ‘Hitman’, who is struggling to get some runs under his belt since landing in the rainbow nation. He says there is nothing to worry about it and he can come back hard pretty soon.

“I feel Rohit is playing well, looking at the way he is timing the ball. Even in the last match, he was playing really good. Unfortunately, he got out but, I don’t feel concerned about his batting at all. He has performed so well right from the Champions Trophy, till now,” he added.

“Sometimes it does happen that you don’t score runs. But what matters the most is how he is timing the ball. There is no problem at all with his form. I think he just needs one good innings, to solve all problems.”

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Being 2-0 up in the series, India will not take South Africa easy in the third One-Day game which will be played tomorrow in Cape Town.