Best Gendbazz in India-England ODI series

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 the game of Poker - 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.

Liam Plunkett: While Willey was the spearhead for a change, Plunkett assisted him really well and his raw pace troubling Indian batsmen big-time. It was an established fact that the wicket was more on the slower side, but Plunkett bowled with panache and didn’t drop his pace at any cost. The pressure generated by the Yorkshire man also helped the spinners to bowl with more freedom.

Mark Wood: The pacer has been the fastest in this series with an average bowling speed of 136.82, but more than that for the first time in any bilateral series, he donned the role of the enforcer with elan. In the last game at Headingley, he - just the way a Poker player suddenly surprises the opponent with his 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.