Cricket News : England's left-arm pacer vs India's spinner- Who will steal the series win

England batters have a different mechanism to play shots against leg spinners. They are trained to sweep instead of using feet against leggies. For the most part, it works for batters, but that's an advantage for them and is also an advantage for bowlers.

The risky premeditated shot advantage for Yuzvendra Chahal?

"It's a challenge I really enjoy. Batsmen sweeping and reverse-sweeping to throw me off my lengths and I look to dismiss them when playing these same shots," said Yuzvendra Chahal on his perspective on batting playing sweep against him. He further added, "You can't run away from being reverse-swept, you can't stop batsmen from doing it, the next best thing is to find a way to get them out."

Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler, Joe Root, and Jonny Bairstow are a few sweep-happy batters in the cricketing world. In the 2nd ODI between England and India, Yuzvendra Chahal trapped massive four wickets in the form of Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali; all of them attempted to play different types of sweep shots against him. His straightforward approach of bowling wicket to wicket and his attempt to outdo the pitch and batter with his cricketing intelligence make him a danger to play sweep against.

India's problem with the Left arm pacer & Inherent problem with the swing 

Left-arm pacers, a weakness with Indian batters that had cost many crucial matches in history to team India. 2015 World Cup semi-final (Mitchell Starc), 2017 Champions trophy final (Mohammed Amir), World Test Championship final (Trent Boult) and now South African pacer Marco Jansen, left-arm pacers have stolen important matches from India. 

Indian batters, over time, are believed to be exposed by left-arm pacers, especially the ones who bring the ball back into right-handers. While the pace has never been a problem for batters, the bowlers find lateral movements leaving Indian players clueless. The likes of Wasim Akram, Mitchell Starc, Sam Curran, Shaheen Afridi, and Trent Boult have repeatedly thrown challenges to Indian batters. 

Reece Topley, who starred in the second ODI to lead England to a 100-run victory, is again a left-arm seamer. And we could clearly see the Indian batting line-up falling trap of the bowler. Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer too pointed this out in an interaction on ESPNCricinfo to say, "We all know Rohit Sharma struggles against left-arm seamers when the ball swings. Reece Topley bowled really well. Even the shot Rohit played before he got out, that was loose as well."

This is mainly because India, over time, has failed to produce a quality left-arm pacer after Zaheer Khan. The team lacks the regular practice to play such bowlers giving their performance a dip. 

England's left-arm pacer vs India's spinner- Who will steal the series win?

As the ODI series stands tied at 1-1 with the final decider scheduled for 17th July at Manchester, the series finale is expected to be a mouth-watering contest. The pitch at Old Trafford usually offers a good bounce and carry, keeping it in favour of pacers. Thus, the game will likely be a battle of pace attack from both teams. While it will be a challenge for team India to face England pacers on a good bounce pitch, Yuzvendra Chahal's tactical cricketing skills can be a game-changer for India.

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