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Daily Star|January 29, 2025
Brilliant Rashid puts on spin class to save series
- DAVID CHARLESWORTH
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JOS BUTTLER hailed Adil Rashid as his "trump card" after the leg-spinner helped England breathe fresh life into their T20 series against India.

These five contests have been pitched as an arm-wrestle between England's genuine fast bowlers and India's high-quality spinners but, in Rashid, the tourists have a world-class tweaker of their own.

Having made 10 not out in an unbeaten 24-run stand for the last wicket with Mark Wood to get England to 171-9 after they had slumped to 127-8, Rashid took a price-less 4-0-15-1 with the ball.

After clattering the stumps of Chennai match-winner Tilak Varma with a vicious turning delivery, Rashid dried up the scoring and India failed to recover.

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