Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Spin Challenge awaits for England, as India eye on another Series

                   it's time for returning to whites as the second series of long home season kick starts on Wednesday as India take on England in a 5 match series and it  also time for Rajkot to make it's debut in the longer format. With India roaring high at No.1 spot England with their concerns in the way playing and bowling spin has to be answered with relatively an inexperienced side.

                While the recent past history suggests that England have the upper hand But now it will be different story to rewrite for them to repeat the same against confident and improvising Indian team which is successful in and out under Virat captaincy.

                  Coming into the long tour to India England had their best preparations they could have playing in Bangladesh on rank Turner's, the Series 1-1 looks quite good but for a  team England against inexperienced Bangladesh players is an issue of their potential.

         On the hand India clean sweep Kiwis on the surfaces which doesn't produced rankers Turner's and the major aspect of the series have been  Kiwis unable sustain to the quality of Indian spin attack.

              Although England has always been a tough rivals to play against but their in ability to bowl spin has been shown in the Bangla tour, which has been their key asset during their series win 2-1 in 2012 where Swan and Panesar out played Indian spinners in terms of wickets.

           Meanwhile the pitch at Rajkot hadn't had much to say with his debutant match but it will offer spin more as the game progress.

          But Dhawan and Rahul yet progress their way due to injuries and Gambhir with his half century in the final test held his position and it is the opponent where it seemed all ended for him. So he will be keen to see them off and injury to Rohit made a decision dilemma to pick between Pandya or Nair.

           And England likely to stick with 3 men pace attack with lite's of Stokes, Woakes and Broad, but with the bat they has decide between young Haseeb and Ballance.

             At the end the contest boils to pick up 20 wickets in a test match and more importantly how spinners gonna attack the batsmen, as the contest between the England batsmen and Indian spinners will determine the result.

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