Hi Cricket Lovers,
As you all know 15th November will mark the start of 4 test series India versus England where the India team get a chance to take a revenge of the last years humiliating 4-0 defeat it suffered in last years Away series against the English team.The probable starting XI for both the teams are as follows
India-1. G Gambhir, 2. V Sehwag, 3. C Pujara, 4. S Tendulkar, 5. V Kohli, 6. Y Singh, 7. MS Dhoni, 8. R Ashwin,9. Z Khan, 10. A Dinda/ I Sharma (if fit), 11.P Ojha
Eng-1.A Cook, 2. N Compton, 3. J Trott, 4. K Pieterson, 5. I Bell, 6. S Patel, 7. M Prior, 8. G Swann, 9. T Bresnen/ S Broad (if fit), 10. J Anderson, 11. M Paneser
This series is a chance for Gambhir and Sehwag to prove that they still are the best opening pair in the world. Both have not been able to score a big hundred since Jan 2010 and Nov 2010 respectively. Then again Cheteshwar Pujara will try to fill the void of Dravid in the team. Sachin will also look adding to the 100 centuries since last scoring one in Jan 2011. Kohli has been the most prolific batsmen for India in the ODI format since the 2011 world cup scoring centuries every 6-7 matches he plays. Yuvraj will be tested physically after his return to the Test side almost a year recovering from a life threatening Cancer.
MS Dhoni will have this series to show his worth after suffering 8 consecutive away tests in England and Australia. Ashwin and Ojha have been in good form since the Home series against the Kiwis and have been bowling well in tandem. I think they will be testing the English batsmen the whole of series as the pitches are sure to be tailor made for spin. English Batsmen have shown there weakness to spin against the Pakistanis in the just concluded UAE series. The fast bowlers will have not much to do except for taking the new ball shine off and get some early wickets when the ball is swing at the start of the innings.
England squad will be missing the services of the tearaway fast bowler Steven Finn and also might be missing Stuart Broad if he is not able to prove his fitness before the start of the test. All of Cook, Compton, Trott and Pieterson have shown a glimpse of their form in the three practice matches Nick Compton will look to fill the shoes of Strauss as Cook's partner while Kevin Pieterson who is considered to be the best player of spin in the English squad. Greame Swann and Monty Panesar will look to spin a web on the Indian pitches but given that Indians are very good playing spin i guess they won't be as much threat as the Indian duo will be to the English batsmen. I think the Swing Bowlers like James Anderson and Tim Bresnen while the fast bowling of Finn will be more threat to the Indians if they are able to use whatever assistance they could garner out of the Indian pitches in this series.
My predictions for the series, English Team by the look of it might not be able to register a win this series where i see a 3-0 (or a 2-0) score line will be the final result i foresee. A 4-0 whitewash is on the cards only if the Indian batting line up fires while the English are not able to handle the spin that well. If this happens it will be a sweet revenge and a fitting reply to the 4-0 loss they suffered in last years away series.
I will be back soon with mid series review of both the Aus-SA and Ind-Eng series soon.
Till then
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As you all know 15th November will mark the start of 4 test series India versus England where the India team get a chance to take a revenge of the last years humiliating 4-0 defeat it suffered in last years Away series against the English team.The probable starting XI for both the teams are as follows
India-1. G Gambhir, 2. V Sehwag, 3. C Pujara, 4. S Tendulkar, 5. V Kohli, 6. Y Singh, 7. MS Dhoni, 8. R Ashwin,9. Z Khan, 10. A Dinda/ I Sharma (if fit), 11.P Ojha
Eng-1.A Cook, 2. N Compton, 3. J Trott, 4. K Pieterson, 5. I Bell, 6. S Patel, 7. M Prior, 8. G Swann, 9. T Bresnen/ S Broad (if fit), 10. J Anderson, 11. M Paneser
This series is a chance for Gambhir and Sehwag to prove that they still are the best opening pair in the world. Both have not been able to score a big hundred since Jan 2010 and Nov 2010 respectively. Then again Cheteshwar Pujara will try to fill the void of Dravid in the team. Sachin will also look adding to the 100 centuries since last scoring one in Jan 2011. Kohli has been the most prolific batsmen for India in the ODI format since the 2011 world cup scoring centuries every 6-7 matches he plays. Yuvraj will be tested physically after his return to the Test side almost a year recovering from a life threatening Cancer.
MS Dhoni will have this series to show his worth after suffering 8 consecutive away tests in England and Australia. Ashwin and Ojha have been in good form since the Home series against the Kiwis and have been bowling well in tandem. I think they will be testing the English batsmen the whole of series as the pitches are sure to be tailor made for spin. English Batsmen have shown there weakness to spin against the Pakistanis in the just concluded UAE series. The fast bowlers will have not much to do except for taking the new ball shine off and get some early wickets when the ball is swing at the start of the innings.
England squad will be missing the services of the tearaway fast bowler Steven Finn and also might be missing Stuart Broad if he is not able to prove his fitness before the start of the test. All of Cook, Compton, Trott and Pieterson have shown a glimpse of their form in the three practice matches Nick Compton will look to fill the shoes of Strauss as Cook's partner while Kevin Pieterson who is considered to be the best player of spin in the English squad. Greame Swann and Monty Panesar will look to spin a web on the Indian pitches but given that Indians are very good playing spin i guess they won't be as much threat as the Indian duo will be to the English batsmen. I think the Swing Bowlers like James Anderson and Tim Bresnen while the fast bowling of Finn will be more threat to the Indians if they are able to use whatever assistance they could garner out of the Indian pitches in this series.
My predictions for the series, English Team by the look of it might not be able to register a win this series where i see a 3-0 (or a 2-0) score line will be the final result i foresee. A 4-0 whitewash is on the cards only if the Indian batting line up fires while the English are not able to handle the spin that well. If this happens it will be a sweet revenge and a fitting reply to the 4-0 loss they suffered in last years away series.
I will be back soon with mid series review of both the Aus-SA and Ind-Eng series soon.
Till then
Cheers!!!
P.S
Please like my FB Page too....
Link given below
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