India vs Bangladesh, Asia Cup 2018: The 4 types of spinners being played by India in today's match

In their first Super-Four game against Bangladesh, India decided to play Ravindra Jadeja in the all-rounder's position to replace the injured Hardik Pandya. For the last one year, India have been opting for two seamers, two spinners, and one all-rounder. Also, with two tight match-winning spells, Kedar Jadhav's Malinga-like off-breaks has settled India's sixth-bowler problem for the while.

This meant that for the first time ever, India were fielding spinners of all the four different styles - a right arm leg-spinner, a left arm chinaman (or left arm leg spinner), a right-arm off spinner and a slow left arm orthodox bowler (or right arm off-spinner). And that too against a team from the subcontinent - Bangladesh, who are good players of spin.

Let us have a look at how this bowling attack adds variety to India's already spin-heavy bowling attack.

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Kuldeep Yadav- Slow Left Arm Chinaman (Left Arm Wrist Spin)

Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep Yadav, who became the joint fourth-fastest bowler to take 50 ODI wickets during the match against Hong Kong, has been the most impressive of the lot. The chinaman bowler, who initially surprised everyone with his rare style - mostly because of being a left-armer - has won the faith of the team management with wickets in clusters.

The chinaman bowler has impressed with his ability to spin the ball considerably both the ways, consistent line and length, and very subtle variations in pace. He attracted everyone's eyeballs with a ripper to bowl Peter Handscomb out on his international debut in a Test match in March last year.

Kuldeep was brought in to make his ODI and T20I debut in West Indies after India's finger spinners struggled during the Champions Trophy.

The Chinaman bowler has not looked back ever since and has picked wickets in bunches, even in pace-friendly conditions of South Africa and England. Before this match, Kuldeep had taken 51 wickets from 25 ODIs at an average of 19.76.

Yuzvendra Chahal- Right-Arm Leg Spin

Yuzvendra Chahal

After an impressive debut on the limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe in 2016, Chahal soon became the opening bowler for India in T20Is - same as Samuel Badree did for the West Indies.

After Kuldeep's ODI debut, Chahal soon got a look-in to pair with the former. And what a pair Kul-Cha has turned out to be!

With a bagful of wickets in the subcontinent, Kul-Cha's brightest moment came in the ODI series in South Africa, where the two bowlers took 33 wickets in just six matches - unusual for a spin attack and that too in South Africa.

While Kuldeep has surprised many batsmen with his variations, Chahal's X-factor is his consistency and perseverance.

Before this match, Chahal took 48 wickets from 28 ODIs at an average of 24.04.

Kedar Jadhav- Right Arm Off-break

Kedar Jadhav

Kedar Jadhav showed his class with a fighting ODI century on his first full tour against Zimbabwe in 2015. When India was struggling with their middle order in 2016-17, Kedar came as a blessing in disguise - scoring runs and getting breakthroughs for India during the middle overs.

With two wickets in just three overs in his very first international outing with the ball, Kedar showed promise as a sixth bowler.

On most occasions, when the opposition has looked to build a partnership in the middle overs, Kedar Jadhav has come in and struck some crucial blows. With a slingy action, Kedar bowls from a very low trajectory and depends more on subtle pace changes than spin.

Having bowled on 23 occasions before this match, Kedar had taken 19 ODI wickets at an average of 29.63.

Ravindra Jadeja - Slow Left-Arm Orthodox (Left Arm Finger Spinner)

Ravindra Jadeja

Jadeja, whose reputation has always been that of an all-rounder, cemented his position as India's second spinner in 2013 - with notable performances in the victorious home Test series against Australia, and the ICC Champions Trophy victory that followed.

However, with poor performances in the 2016 World T20, 2017 Champions Trophy and most tournaments around that time, both Ashwin and Jadeja have been out of favor from the limited overs squad for more than a year now.

With two wrist-spinners in the squad who can turn the ball considerably both ways, Jadeja's best chance is that of filling the all-rounder's spot in spin-friendly conditions.

Before this match, Ravindra Jadeja had taken 155 wickets from 136 ODIs at an average of 35.87.