England vs India 2018: 5 things that went wrong for India in the ODI series

#2 Over-reliance on Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep Yadav

It was no surprise when the left-arm spinner took five wickets in the T20I against England and it was called out to be the sign of things to come. The champion bowler though hit a roadblock in the second T20I and was subsequently dropped from the third. He returned with a bang in the first ODI only to be hit around the park with ease in the next two games.

Joe Root, in particular, seemed to have started to read him much better and England executed their plans against him much better and India seemed to rely too much on him throughout the ODIs. Chahal bowled economical spells but wasn't as threatening as he was when he started and the lack of wickets from the seamers built extra pressure on Kuldeep.

The result was for all to see, many long hops and half-volleys and England ran away with the game with Root anchoring the innings twice in as many games. While it was a good learning curve for Kuldeep, it is a message to the management that you can't always expect a rookie spinner to do the job for you and you need more potency in the bowling department.