Utalk Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 #1 Ranked test team will be touring England this summer to face the recent Ashes winning hosts in what promises to be a thrilling series. As a neutral I cant wait to see two of the finest teams lock horns.It will be a hard fought series with plenty of good cricket.England are a formidable team esp at home and will provide a stern test for the Indians. Looking at both teams closely it will be a high scoring series with the likes of KP, Strauss,Tendulkar and Laxman on show.India have the edge in batting with match winners at 1-7 but their bowling will have to find a way to get 20 wickets.Likes of Cook and Trott wont be easy to dislodge in home conditions. I expect Zaheer khan to do well in swinging conditions but other seamers will have to come to the party like RP did in 07.Eng batsmen will play Harbhjan well most of times as they have a quality spinner in their own ranks. Indian batting is full of match winners but the key man for me will be Rahul Dravid who is due a big series.If it swings Anderson will trouble Sehwag and co upfront making Rahul,s role a key one.Tremlett will get extra bounce but pitches in Eng are on the slow side apart of OT and The Oval. Swann will be dealt with comfortably by the likes of Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman and thats will cause problems for strauss as he has been the go to man for him over last couple of years. All in all it will be a close series that will be decided by one game.
Sid Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Good post saeed-sohail bhai :P Even I cant wait for this series :ohyeah:
Sachin=GOD Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Honestly can't wait for this series :ohyeah: and I agree with you that Dravid will be a key man for India in this series - he's not had a good series for quite some time and if he fails in this series also then I fear it may be the end of a glorious career. Also, Sehwag's injury is a big concern in the Tests and it would be very difficult to find a good enough replacement if he does not recover in time. Bowling wise we've got to find a good partner for Zak otherwise England's batting lineup can trouble us.
ganeshran Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 I think Sreesanth or Ishant will also do well in this series. They may be cannon fodder in India but both have given a good account of themselves when conditions are friendly
vvvslaxman Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 I have fond memories of last English tour. Especially the way RP Singh bowled Matt Prior.. wow what a delivery that was. This is a different spell though [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaaDgiR94D4]YouTube - RP Singh 5 wicket haul Lords India vs England 2007[/ame] I can't believe Hussain makes fun of Indian about playing short balls while RP takes 3 wickets with short balls.
Cricket Tragic Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Worried about Trott tbh. I can see him scoring a lot of runs against us. Zak and Sree will be the two main seamers. The third seamer is a bit of a worry. Harby needs to raise his game as well. He did quite well in SA (after the 1st test) but I'm worried that he'll start bowling darts again.
Utalk Posted May 9, 2011 Author Posted May 9, 2011 Good post saeed-sohail bhai :P Even I cant wait for this series :ohyeah: Kaun?
vvvslaxman Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 I dearly would love to get an extra spot for RP singh. Something tells me he would do well there. He has done well in OZ, SA and England.
Cricket Tragic Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 I dearly would love to get an extra spot for RP singh. Something tells me he would do well there. He has done well in OZ' date=' SA and England.[/quote'] I agree. He sucks badly when bowling in India but is very good overseas. I guess they'll pick 5 seamers. I can see Ishant bowling short and getting cut by Andrew Strauss and Cook. He needs to bowl a fuller length than normal. Zak Sree Ishant RP PK/some new chap
Cricket Tragic Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Pujara or Kohli but knowing the Indian selectors, Yuvraj might be back. :facepalm:
Sid Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Ideally our 6th batsman for the tour should be Kohli,but I dont think it will happen and I seriously hope Yuvi isnt the 6th batsman.
vvvslaxman Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Ideally our 6th batsman for the tour should be Kohli' date='but I dont think it will happen and I seriously hope Yuvi isnt the 6th batsman.[/quote'] WIll be brutally exposed in England if Yuvi plays at 6. Raina should not play either. Kohli should play.
Karan114 Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Good post saeed-sohail, should be a cracking series though Sehwag's absence is a massive blow. Indian batting is full of match winners but the key man for me will be Rahul Dravid who is due a big series. Rahul has been a colossus for us in Test cricket with some epic innings away from home, but sadly I think he is well, well past it. He might score some runs against WI (like he did against minnows like NZ and Bangla last year) but this English attack is very potent. As for the no.6, I agree with others that it will be Yuvraj. I'd stick with Kohli or Pujara myself, but not going to happen.
ganeshran Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Sehwag's absence is a big worry. He is unusually comfortable on difficult pitches...
Switchblade Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Pujara should be no 6 and i think Viru is going to miss the England tour i see Vijay and Gauti opening the innings
Switchblade Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Actually i wont be surprised if Kohli is selected for the Test team during the Westindies tour if he does well then i could see him being the no 6 ahead of Pujara
Switchblade Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 @utalkfilth I agree may be he is going to be in the 15 but Pujara might get the nod ahead of him
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