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India eye series win, England face 'Kuldeep conundrum'

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We might be tempted to play Kuldeep, Chahal in Tests, says Kohli

India's clinical performance in the first One-Day International at Nottingham will give the England think-tank plenty to ponder about for the next two games. On a pitch where the average score in the last five years has been in excess of 300, to be bundled out for 268 and that too without two of India's most experienced bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah , will make England think long and hard about how to go about putting up a challenging total.But then what is a challenging total for this Indian batting line-up? They won with more than nine overs to spare and never even looked stretched doing that. Rohit Sharma 's batting has always been like a smooth super car that zooms along at great speed even when it does not appear to be doing so. He was left out of the squad for the Test against Afghanistan, but is making a strong case for a recall.Sure, it will be a different attack with Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad coming back to lead the England bowling line-up, but in Tests Sharma will bat lower down the order and so won't have to face them with the brand new red ball.The other person who has made a strong case for himself is Kuldeep Yadav . More than the Indian batting it is how to tackle the left-arm wrist spinner that will stress the England think-tank. Apart from Jos Buttler , none of the English batsmen seem to have a clue which way the ball is going to turn. Kuldeep's wrong un is bowled with the back of the hand almost horizontal to the ground and that makes it even harder to pick. The vertical back of the hand googly does give a slightly better indication of his intent but the horizontal one is well-nigh impossible.Picking six wickets in a limited-overs game is akin to scoring 150-plus and like Rohit's two centuries, Kuldeep has two fivers that will make the selectors give him the nod for the Tests.