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Cricket | August 11, 2018 13:40 ISTIndia were not helped by the fact that Cheteshwar Pujara was run out for the third time this year after a horrendous mix up with skipper Virat Kohli.
India were not helped by the fact that Cheteshwar Pujara was run out for the third time this year after a horrendous mix up with skipper Virat Kohli.
The Team India all-rounder believes that it is India who can beat England in their own backyard as they have plenty of options in their bowling unit and have learnt their lesson from the previous tour.
Hussey's opinion is in contrary to the prevailing view of many experts, who have backed the 23-year-old chinaman bowler's selection in the Test squad.
Zaheer added that all expectations from the young left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav are justified as the current weather provides him a perfect opportunity.
Former captain Bishan Bedi believes that young spin sensation Kuldeep Yadav will be the man to watch out for when the two teams clash in the longest format.
Azhar, who was part of the Indian side that beat England in their own backyard in 1986, said it was India's best chance to trump England in the five-match Test series.
When asked if these are ominous signs for the Indian team, Tendulkar, however, begged to differ.
Kuldeep Yadav took 6/25 in the first ODI at Nottingham, but then returned 3/68 and 0/55 in the next two matches at Lord's and Leeds.
Kohli ended the series with scores 75, 45 and 71. He earned just two points but those were enough to take him to 911 points, highest since Australia's Dean Jones tally of 918 points in March 1991.
England defeated India by eight wickets to clinch the three-match ODI series 2-1 at Headingley, Leeds.
Wood said England will be considering the series finale against India as a must-win game akin to a World Cup semi-final or final to adapt to pressure situations accordingly.
Kuldeep has taken nine wickets so far in the two games in the ongoing three-match ODI series against England and had turned out to be their nemesis in the preceding T20 rubber too.
The Dublin-born batsman also reiterated his preference for tri-series and matches with some context saying that he is not a big fan of bilateral one-day series.
The England Test captain admitted that confidence gained from facing Kuldeep will help in Test matches should the youngster find a place in the playing XI.
In a video posted by the BCCI on its website, Yadav is interviewed by his fellow teammate and swashbuckling batsman KL Rahul.
Ganguly strongly believes that the current Indian team, under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, will repeat the series-clinching heroics at the 'Mecca of Cricket'.
India wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav will look to continue his dominance against England in the second ODI at Lord's, London, on Saturday.
England captain Eoin Morgan stressed on the fact that his team needs to play Kuldeep Yadav better or they would end up losing the ODI series against India.
India outclassed England by eight wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
None of the England batsmen were able to read him and a testimony to that was his brilliant figures of 10-0-25-6, the best ever by any chinaman bowler in the history of ODIs.
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