5 Strategies India can deploy to stop the English batting juggernaut in the T20 series

#2 Kuldeep Yadav’s spell in the middle overs

Kuldeep Yadav

Left-arm leg-spinners are always an awkward proposition for batsmen but when the bowler possesses the sort of skills and guile like Kuldeep Yadav, then it becomes a totally different challenge altogether. While England have outstanding power-hitters in their batting line-up, Virat Kohli would need Yadav to come good if India are to keep a lid on the scoring rate.

In the 2nd T20 against Ireland, he was in superb bowling form as he dominated the Irish players and ended up with figures of 3 for 16 in two and a half overs. The best way to derail a superb batting line-up is by taking wickets and Yadav, India have a bowler who can strike body blows in the middle-overs. He would need to be unleashed at the England batsmen in the middle-overs to not only throttle the scoring but also to exploit their traditional weaknesses against spin.