World Cup 2019: 3 key battles to watch out for when India take on England

#2 Yuzvendra Chahal vs Joe Root

Joe Root was outstanding against the wrist-spinners in 2018

The Indian wrist-spinners have been thei side's main weapon in the middle-overs. Yuzvendra Chahal has been in great form in this World Cup as he has picked up 10 wickets in five games.

With the pitch at Edgbaston turning square when New Zealand and Pakistan played there, Chahal won’t mind if a similar sort of pitch is dished out. However, one of the main threats to Chahal will be the form of Joe Root, who is England's leading run-scorer.

In the last two games in the 2018 series, Joe Root scored two hundreds and he is in tremendous form in the World Cup as well. Overall, in ODI cricket, Root is England's best batsman against India, with 684 runs from 17 matches at an average of 57.00.

Yet, Chahal is a smart bowler who tends to vary his lengths in order to fox the batsmen and the battle between the duo will be one to look out for.