India vs Australia 2017, 2nd ODI: 5 reasons why the hosts won

#1. Spinners cashing on the on-field conditions by dismissing the majority of the Australian middle-order

Kuldeep Yadav's hat-trick and Yuzvendra Chahal's brilliant bowling kept on baffling the Aussie batsmen

The Eden Gardens wicket was a totally spin-friendly one today and the ball was spinning like a top. The Australian batsmen were finding it hard to play the ball with the spin and the Indian spinners took full advantage of it.

Kuldeep Yadav did not have the best of starts as he was hit for two consecutive sixes by Glenn Maxwell in his third over. However, he came back well and produced a masterclass of a performance.

In his 8th over, he dismissed Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar, and Pat Cummins in consecutive deliveries. In the process, he became only the third Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in ODIs after Chetan Sharma in 1987 and Kapil Dev in 1991.

On the other hand, Yuzvendra Chahal bowled an all-round brilliant spell of 2/34 in 10 overs. Chahal took the key wicket of Travis Head who was looking very dangerous and later the all-important wicket of Glenn Maxwell.

Besides picking up wickets, Chahal was also keeping the flow of runs in check. The brilliant performance by the spinners today was instrumental in India winning the match.