England’s tag as World Cup favourites is mocked as Kuldeep Yadav’s spin magic leads India to huge victory
12th July 2018, 8:55 pm == ENGLAND were thrashed so heavily that serious questions must be asked about their status as favourites for next year’s World Cup. Their defeat by eight wickets to India in the first one-day international at Trent Bridge was humbling and humiliating in the extreme. Getty - Contributor Kuldeep Yadav was the star for India as his left-arm spin wizardry helped shoot England out for 268 before the tourists won by eight wickets First, it was the magical Kuldeep Yadav who bamboozled England’s batsman as the left-arm wrist-spinner produced astonishing figures of 6-25. Don’t forget, England scored 481-5 on the same ground just three weeks ago! Then India’s array of sublime batsmen put on another exhibition. Rohit Sharma scored his second century in four days and captain Virat Kohli made 75. They made it look effortless. England have already lost the Twenty20 series 2-1 and now trail 1-0 in the three-match 50-over series. PA:Press Association England top scorer Jos ...
