Summary Second T20 between India and England will be played today (Friday) in Cardiff.
LONDON (AFP) - KL Rahul says no side could have coped with Indian wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav s devastating spell in the eight wicket win over England in the first of their three match T20 series.
Yadav s 5-24 -- including three wickets in one over -- was followed up by Rahul scoring an unbeaten 101 and the latter is hoping for more of the same in Cardiff on Friday for the second match.
"I don t think it is just England," said Rahul at the eve of match press conference about their batting being exposed against spin.
"A good wrist-spinner is a good wrist-spinner against any opposition.
"With the kind of skill and quality Kuldeep and Yuzvendra Chahal have, it s always going to be hard for a team that doesn t play spin a lot.
"What Kuldeep did was special... (to bowl) balls like that against (Jonny) Bairstow and (Joe) Root, (it) is always hard for a middle-order batsman."
Rahul for his part is hoping now he has ended his century drought -- he had not scored one since his stunning 199 against England in the fifth Test in Chennai in December 2016 -- another is in the offing.
"For a lot of us, it is our first time here in the UK -- so every opportunity is gold for us," he said.
"I wanted it really badly and I m very happy that it came here in England, in the first game of the series.
"I hope I can carry that confidence forward and use the form and make it big."
