cardiff a dominant opening win has set the tone and india would look to ensure that a spinwary england remains on the backfoot when the two sides clash in the second t20 international on fridayalso read kuldeep threat looms large over englandkuldeep yadav took 524 and kl rahul scored an unbeaten second t20i ton as the men in blue produced a fine allround display to stun the hosts by eight wickets in manchester for an early lead on this tour a win on friday would seal the threematch series for virat kohli and coin fact india stand on the cusp of a sixth successive t20i series win a run stretching back to their 21 win over new zealand at home in november 2017 in all they have been unbeaten in bilateral t20i series since september last yearin terms of icc rankings a 20 series lead will allow india to close the gap with secondplaced australia while a 30 whitewash will help them overleap to second behind topranked pakistanaustralia will have to win both their next two games in the ongoing triseries in zimbabwe to stay above indiaa loss on friday will see england drop down to rank seven below new zealand south africa and west indies respectivelyalso read lethal kuldeep yadav key for india says virat kohliit will be a surprising downturn for the highflying english team one of the better in limitedovers cricket at the moment it is a stark reminder of their poor winning ratio nevertheless having won only 5 out of their last 10 t20 internationalsthe big question facing england is how to contend with the unorthodox wrist spin of kuldeep yadavin the aftermath of their loss on tuesday both skipper eoin morgan and ace batsman jos buttler have urged their teammates to show more patience at the crease and watch the ball carefullybut with such a short turnaround in the fixtures list it is easier said than donethe english camp will deploy the services of spinbowling machine merlyn at cardiff a scarcity of unorthodox wrist spinners to practice against is one of the key reasons for this move as the spinbowling machine is capable of replicating every style of deliveryan english team last used it ahead of the 2005 ashes when they were practicing to contend with shane warnea key reason underlined by morgan after the first defeat was that the middleorder batsmen jonny bairstow and joe root who both got stumped off successive googlies needed more time to settle indespite the loss one of the key strengths for england is their toporders ability to handle pace and they would like another fast start at cardiffit is perhaps the only real concern for india emanating from that first game as the enforced newball pairing of bhuvneshwar kumar and umesh yadav was proven ineffective at old traffordeven with kuldeep causing all sorts of trouble for the hosts india wouldnt like to pull things back after a highflying english start once againthe visitors are unlikely to make