India vs England 2016: 5 players who can become surprise performers

#3 Adil Rashid

England cannot afford to rely on their seamers to break partnerships

England have covered the entire range of spin spectrum by bringing as many as four options with them. Aside from the two off-spinners in Gareth Batty and Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid’s wrist-spin, as well as Zafar Ansari’s left-arm variety gives them plenty of choices. But, the more pertinent question surrounds the quality versus quantity debate.

As they themselves showed during their previous trip, the only way to defeat India in India is if their spinners out bowl those from the hosts. Even though Indian batsmen have traditionally dealt adequately with leg-spin and the current lot’s issues are only against finger-spin, Rashid can still play a massive part in this series due to his ability to pick wickets in a cluster.