8th july 2014
From tomorrow,the Indian and English crickets teams will locks horns for what could easily expected to be a fascinating contest.Both the teams have points to prove and records to set right.While Alastair Cooks captaincy has received copious amounts of cricism and the loss of the home series against the lankans only adding to it,Mahendra singh dhoni and his boys will be desperate to get rid of the OVERSEAS LAMBS tag which has haunted them since mid 2011.
England would expect a lot out of seasoned and in form bowling aces like Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad.Liam Plunketts form would a huge bonus.
In the batting arsenal,Cook needs to regain touch and Bell would have to play big.Young opener ROBSON and Gary Ballance have shone in the recent times and justified their place in the side.
Coming to the Indian contingent,a lot depends on skipper Dhoni who holds the innings together so often in shorter versions of the game and tests in the subcontinents.He could well be the difference between a draw and victory for India.Dhoni had made it clear that this time ,he would take an aggressive approach and not try to be ''proper batsman'',which is good news for indian fans.
India have always relied on big opening starts to win tests in the last one and half decade.In the absence of Sehwag and Gambhir,the onus will be on Shikhar dhawan and Murali vijay,both of whom have done well in the recent past.But the biggest expectation are on the No.3 and No.4 ie Chateshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli.
The bowling department has talent in bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Shami,but they are to be complemented well by a third specialist quick,which is mostly likely going to be Ishant Sharma,who took a pasting in the just concluded 3 day games.
Stuart Binny is mostly to be the seaming allrounder of the side,while ''sir Jadeja would be the lone spinner.It would be intersting to see who would fill up no.5 slot.Ajinkya Rahane had good tours of South Africa and New Zealand unlike Rohit Sharma who failed to impress but can be an additional
spinner in case the pitch is turning.
From tomorrow,the Indian and English crickets teams will locks horns for what could easily expected to be a fascinating contest.Both the teams have points to prove and records to set right.While Alastair Cooks captaincy has received copious amounts of cricism and the loss of the home series against the lankans only adding to it,Mahendra singh dhoni and his boys will be desperate to get rid of the OVERSEAS LAMBS tag which has haunted them since mid 2011.
England would expect a lot out of seasoned and in form bowling aces like Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad.Liam Plunketts form would a huge bonus.
In the batting arsenal,Cook needs to regain touch and Bell would have to play big.Young opener ROBSON and Gary Ballance have shone in the recent times and justified their place in the side.
Coming to the Indian contingent,a lot depends on skipper Dhoni who holds the innings together so often in shorter versions of the game and tests in the subcontinents.He could well be the difference between a draw and victory for India.Dhoni had made it clear that this time ,he would take an aggressive approach and not try to be ''proper batsman'',which is good news for indian fans.
India have always relied on big opening starts to win tests in the last one and half decade.In the absence of Sehwag and Gambhir,the onus will be on Shikhar dhawan and Murali vijay,both of whom have done well in the recent past.But the biggest expectation are on the No.3 and No.4 ie Chateshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli.
The bowling department has talent in bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Shami,but they are to be complemented well by a third specialist quick,which is mostly likely going to be Ishant Sharma,who took a pasting in the just concluded 3 day games.
Stuart Binny is mostly to be the seaming allrounder of the side,while ''sir Jadeja would be the lone spinner.It would be intersting to see who would fill up no.5 slot.Ajinkya Rahane had good tours of South Africa and New Zealand unlike Rohit Sharma who failed to impress but can be an additional
spinner in case the pitch is turning.
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