Kuldeep Yadav: The left-arm wrist spinner reduced the home side to a bunch of dumbfounded individuals in the first game, thanks to his excellent use of the variations. Given the fact that his wrong’un are not easy to read out of the hand - the same trait that also defines - it made English batsmen's life a hell in the game at Trent Bridge. However, the middle-order led by Joe Root, started picking his variations in the last two games and reduced him to a mere puppet, which cost India dearly. However, that hardly come on his way of being the best bowler in the series as the boy from UP picked up a total of nine wickets at an average of 16.44 in the series which is anyway an insane number.
manoeuver - built pressure by conceding only 14 runs in his five overs to Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, two of the world’s best opening batsmen. Wood also remained successful in cramping the Indian batsmen inside the crease that helped the English spinners be successful. It was a one-off occurrence in the series, but by putting Indian batsmen in a shell, he won half the match for his country.
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