Scott Styris Explains Why Yuzvendra Chahal Has Been Successful This IPL

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|| India Correspondent ||
Experienced leg spinner of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Yuzvendra Chahal has been in a great form and he is come out with a much-improved performance compared to other Indian Premier League (IPL) seasons and because of him, Bangalore cemented their place in the powerplay.
Chahal has claimed 20 wickets in 14 matches for RCB in IPL 2020 and is placed among the top-five in the list of highest wicket-takers this IPL.
However, according to former New Zealand batsman Scott Styris, Chahal has brought a couple of changes to his bowling style which has been going well according to the conditions in the United Arab Emirates which has also helped him taking wickets at crucial moments of the game for RCB as well.

"Let's take a look first and foremost at where Chahal is picking up his wickets in 2020 and the lengths. There's a lot of them, 12 of them on the fuller side, only five at good length, but let's look back then, to 2019, where he was so good for RCB that completely flips over as 15 on a good length and only three with the fuller," Styris said while speaking on Star Sports show Select Dugout.
"Now, that says to me, a couple of things, that fuller length here, in the UAE is the length to bowl. So, because there are different conditions in UAE and India of course and he is balling fuller and therefore, what about the speed, because the speed also becomes crucial on where you are," he further added.
According to Styris, the experienced leg-spinner has been bowling slower in the air and tossing the ball up more than before too - which invites the batsmen to drive and thus he is taking wickets.
The cricketer-turned-commentator again shared: "...he is trying to toss the ball up more and get the batsman driving, which is why I have watched with interest that last shot from Suryakumar Yadav, where he went over the top of covers for six, because what was it?"
"It was slower and in the middle it was wider, but it was still fuller and you never know, with just a little bit of spin it could just flare-up to point or out to deep point," he concluded.
RCB will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Eliminator on Friday in Abu Dhabi.