Advertisement

Balls from over the wicket are turning and bobbing and center and lower center request batsmen will discover it greatly hard to arrange the turning ball. Late on Day 4, Jadeja had approached on various events against Moeen Ali and don't imagine it any other way there's still enough in that pitch to keep the quicker bowlers intrigued. Two more wickets in the first hour of play on Day 5 and India will begin to smell triumph. Jadeja from one end and Sharma/Kumar/Shami from the other, Dhoni has enough rocking the bowling alley assets to keep the English on their toes. Additionally, the uneven bob implies no batsman is ever in on this pitch. The ball that got Ian Bell, for instance, was near unplayable.
Get Live Cricket Preview: WatchCricLive.Net
What will an Indian triumph, on the off chance that it happens that is, mean for the arrangement? It is safe to say that it is really India's best opportunity to win in England? Can England ricochet back in the event that they vacillate at Lords?
There is little uncertainty that India had the most exceedingly awful of conditions at Lords. As Nasser Hussain said to me in a meeting, had India won the throw and played first on the green the very beginning wicket they would have packaged England out for 180-200 on the first day itself. Hussain is correct. It is to the credit of the Indian batsmen, particularly Rahane and Kumar that India presented close on 300 in the first innings.
Advertisement