Skilful Anderson oddly needs time to trap India's opener (6)
I believe the answer is:
adroit
'skilful' is the definition.
(adroit can mean skilful or masterful)
'anderson oddly needs time to trap india's opener' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'needs' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'to trap' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'opener' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'indias' is 'i'.
The alternate letters of 'anderson' are 'adro'.
'adro'+'t'='adrot'
'adrot' going around 'i' is 'ADROIT'.
(Other definitions for adroit that I've seen before include "handy" , "Skilful, expert" , "Clever, skilful" , "Dextrous" , "Quick-witted" .)