5 reasons why Afghanistan could be a threat to India

Mystery Spinners? There is more than that.

Chris Gayle isn't even the biggest scalp on Mujeeb's list of the bamboozled

Rashid Khan gained so much of attention following his all-round exploits in the second qualifier of the IPL that people absolutely forgot that Afghanistan have at least two more spinners of equal, if not less caliber, in Mujeeb ur Rahman and Zahir Khan. Three spinners in one team who rely on a huge array of variations as their weaponry. Given the batsman-friendly nature of the Bengaluru pitch, the three mystery spinners will be indispensable given their ability to take the surface out of the equation with their ability to keep the batsman startled and constantly guessing as to what kind of spin he'll face next.

It's not just this fabled trio of wrist spinners that India might have to contend with, if the surface looks anything close to the minefield the players were offered in the test against Australia in 2017, they have left-arm orthodox tweaker Hamzah Hotak and off-spinner Mohammad Nabi who are not afraid to throw the ball just in the right areas all day and wait for the surface to coerce the batsman into a lapse of judgement.