Skip to main content

'India need to get plenty right to stay in the series'

Image Courtesy: BCCI

India's defeat at Kanpur will hopefully be a wake-up call for them. The batsmen got starts but didn't convert that into a substantial innings and the bowlers had too few runs to defend.

The last time India played at Nagpur they were spun out by the New Zealanders and Mitchell Santner was making the ball turn at sharp angles. The pitch may be better this time around but it should turn a lot more than at the Eden Gardens (Kolkata) and Green Park (Kanpur). So Adil Rashid who didn't get to bowl at Kanpur may get to roll his arm over. Yuzvendra Chahal will be likely to exploit it more than his off-spinning partner Parvez Rasool who bowls too flat and a bit fast to get the ball to turn.

It's India's batsmen though who have to win the game for their team. KL Rahul's form has dipped alarmingly and Nagpur provides a great opportunity to turn it around. Yuvraj Singh does not have to prove anything to anybody but he has set such high standards and such are the expectations from him especially in this format that unless he gets a few sixes in it's considered a failure.

The worry is the ease with which England cantered to the win in Kanpur. They were barely stretched and the way they plotted the dismissals of the Indians was terrific. Not much was given to the Indians in the arc of their bat swing which is what the Indian batsmen like.

England's batting too hardly broke a sweat and skipper Eoin Morgan batted brilliantly. Like Yuvraj, he too can and does play the pull shot off the front foot and so the bowler has very little room for error on length.

England have had a forgettable Test series and lost closely the one-day series and so they will want to finish the tour on a high with a win in the T20 series. They are looking very good indeed and the Indians will have to lift their game considerably if they want to thwart England's ambitions.

Stay updated on the go with Sify Live Scores App. Click here to download it for your device



via Sify.com http://ift.tt/2kGl5Ct
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

RB Leipzig's Jean-Kevin Augustin joins Leeds United on loan

Leeds [UK], Jan 27 (ANI): German football club RB Leipzig's Jean-Kevin Augustin on Monday joined Leeds United on a loan. The striker joins the Whites on an initial loan deal until the end of the season from Bundesliga outfit Red Bull Leipzig, the club said in a statement. Augustin joined the RB Leipzig in July, 2017 for a fee of 13 million Euros. The 22-year-old featured in both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League during his time with the German club, who finished sixth and third in his two seasons, where he scored 20 goals in 67 matches. French national helped his country win the European Under-19 Championship in 2016, where he scored the most number of goals and was adjudged as player of the tournament. Augustin is Leeds' third signing of the January transfer window following the joining of Elia Caprile and Ian Poveda. (ANI) via Sify.com https://ift.tt/2OiruB9
Post a Comment
Read more

Chelsea are a young team, need to improve a lot: Kovacic

London: Chelsea's Mateo Kovacic said they are a young team and need to improve a lot. Chelsea secured a 2-1 win over Hull City on Saturday in FA Cup. Michy Batshuayi scored the opening goal of the match in the sixth minute and Chelsea's second goal was scored in the 64th minute. "It was a tough game, as we knew that it would be, but we need to score in the first half two more goals. That's our problem in this moment but obviously we're happy to go through," the club's official website quoted Kovacic as saying. "It was because we didn't score on time - we had some chances and we didn't use them. In training, we are working on it but we are still a young team, a new team, and we need to improve a lot. We need to take our chances, which in this moment we are not doing great, but we have time to improve and I am sure we will do," he added. Chelsea are currently placed at the fourth position in the Premier League table with 40 points...
Post a Comment
Read more

Chelsea are a young team, need to improve a lot: Kovacic

London [UK], Jan 27 (ANI): Chelsea's Mateo Kovacic said they are a young team and need to improve a lot. Chelsea secured a 2-1 win over Hull City on Saturday in FA Cup. Michy Batshuayi scored the opening goal of the match in the sixth minute and Chelsea's second goal was scored in the 64th minute. "It was a tough game, as we knew that it would be, but we need to score in the first half two more goals. That's our problem in this moment but obviously we're happy to go through," the club's official website quoted Kovacic as saying. "It was because we didn't score on time - we had some chances and we didn't use them. In training, we are working on it but we are still a young team, a new team, and we need to improve a lot. We need to take our chances, which in this moment we are not doing great, but we have time to improve and I am sure we will do," he added. Chelsea are currently placed at the fourth position in the Premier League table ...
Post a Comment
Read more