India, March 6 -- India's band of spinners have been a roaring success in the Emirates. Each of the quartet has their own unique selling point and they cover up each other's handicaps over the course of 50 overs.

While Ravindra Jadeja is the senior-most, he's the fittest of them all. Varun Chakravarthy is the newest starter, a mystery with the ball, but a weak link in the field. Kuldeep Yadav's world of spin is a rarefied place, for there are so few who bowl left-arm wrist spin like him. Axar Patel bowls the most common mode of spin but adroitly, with subtle variations.

Who knows if the four of them will ever come together again. It's uncommon to see so many overs of spin in an ODI. The Dubai leg of the Champions Trophy is an outcome of...