Top 5: Minor weaknesses in the techniques of some modern day batsmen

#3 JP Duminy and off-spinners

Duminy is a talented batsman but his kryptonite seems to be off-spinners

JP Duminy has been a mainstay of South Africa's middle order, an attacking finisher in limited overs cricket, coming behind AB De Villiers and Faf Du Plessis. He has languished at the no.6, no.7 slot for too long and most of the time he gets to be in only at the fag end of the innings. In Tests too, he occupies the same position but his record in the longer format, after a spectacular beginning, has faded away largely.

Eight years later, that view - from the Test perspective - has changed drastically. His ODI and T20I records are reasonable considering the position he bats in, but in Tests, he has slipped considerably. After 36 Tests, his batting average has dropped to 32, which hardly does justice to the potential he showed in his early years.

With AB, Amla and Du Plessis strong upfront, Duminy has largely been in the shadows. His weakness against off-spin became evident in a tour of India where Harbhajan Singh had him bamboozled with his off spinners and straight ones. The issue crept up time and again, with off spinners everywhere using the ploy to Duminy, coming around the wicket and mixing the turning ball with the straight ones.

His troubles against the off spinners have seen him flirt with axing in Tests of late.