Five takeaways from India A-England Warm-up matches

England's spinners will have to earn their wickets

The pair have their work cut out to ensure the visitors emerge victorious

Adil Rashid picked up 29 ODI wickets in 2016, which was just one shy of Adam Zampa, who ended the calendar year as the leading ODI wicket-taker. The leg spinner also picked up 23 wickets in the five-match Test series against despite not picking up a single five-wicket haul.

So he was certainly in good form going into the warm-up matches and if his 15-0-100-1 is anything to go by, it is that he will have to work a lot harder for his wickets in the upcoming series. And it is not just him, but England's spinners on the whole, will have to toil hard for their wickets.

After conceding 115 runs without a wicket in 20 overs in the first match, the visiting spinners fared better in the second picking up two wickets but even that didn't stop them from conceding plenty of runs. With most Indian batsmen adept at the art of hitting spinners out of the park in limited-overs, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid have a tough task to ensure that England's pacers not only get some relief but also some support in the wickets column.