May be Ashwin, Yasir or Lyon don't have enough variations to survive in ODIs: Mushtaq

The likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Nathan Lyon have been world class bowlers in Tests but their failure to translate it into success in white-ball formats could be due to the "lack of variations" on flat decks, feels former Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed.

Ashwin (365 wickets from 71 games), Lyon (390 wickets in 96 Tests) and Pakistan's leg-break bowler Yasir Shah (213 wickets in 39 Tests) have won innumerable games for their countries in longest formats only to be found wanting in ODIs and T20s.

"Look at Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. They have won so many (white ball) games for India in the last two years. May be the likes of Lyon, Ashwin and Yasir don't have enough variations to survive in one-day cricket," Mushtaq, a former Pakistan great told PTI in an exclusive interview.

Mushtaq, who has coached around the world including a champion England side that had a spinner of the calibre of Graeme Swann in its ranks, feels the categorisation of Test and limited overs spinners .