Crafty Jadeja leads spin sway on Barabati track

Jadeja, the rock star

- Somshuvra Laha

CUTTACK: These are interesting times when India are ready to field only two frontline fast bowlers but not exhaust either's quota of overs.

Hardik Pandya is the third seamer but he is coming on as early as the sixth over. And as if choosing between Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja isn't headache enough, welcome Varun Chakravarthy into this mix.

Enterprising is the bowling flexibility as well, with Chakravarthy coming on as early as the ninth over, which meant by the first Powerplay, England had faced four overs of spin.

England still finished with 304, but this was the lowest ODI total at the Barabati Stadium since 2011. After reaching 200/3 in the 35th over, it still felt like a subpar finish for England. This slowdown can be attributed to two factors: England's inability to force the ball when pace was taken off it, and the range of Jadeja's bowling in the middle overs.