It's England vs Spin and India vs Swing ... Who will Win ???
image source: Economic Times
The most awaited and exciting battle is about to begin in a few minutes and both teams have done whatever they could to prepare themselves. At one side England is worried about playing Indian spinners while on the other side Indian batsmen are tensed about playing England's swing bowlers. In all, it will be a great contest.
England's Preparations to handle Spin:
- First and the best way to handle spin for English batsmen is not to let pitch support spin. This is how they will win their first battle and they are doing everything for ensuring that. England's management was little tensed as due to less rainfall this season most of the parts were dry and due to this even Birmingham stadium was also dry which indicates that dryness will support spin and this will be troublesome for English batsmen. To overcome this they increased the supply of water to 5 times than regular supply so that dryness could be removed. It was also stated in a newspaper that on Monday 47 thousand liters of water was poured in the time span of 36 minutes to make ground and pitch dryness free. From this angle, we can feel what England management is worried about and they are doing their best to overcome this problem.
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- The second most important factor which England management is worried about is Kuldeep's factor. The way Kuldeep has troubled English batsmen in T20 and ODI, it was on the cards that English batsmen will do something to tackle him. In order to do that English management called all the possible chinamen bowlers from the country so that they can prepare their batsmen to tackle the Indian chinamen. The bowlers they called were Akhil Patel, William Blackwell, and Sam. But do these bowlers have sharpness like Kuldeep! we will see this in England's performance.
India's Weakness:
The outside off stump line and swing is the major area for worry for Indian Batsmen. Their lesser foot moment and inability to leave the away-swinging ball is always been a week point. If India could tackle these two things then they have a bright chance of winning the series.
Slip Catching is another major weakness hat India is facing for so many years.So Many chances have gone down and hence many series. If catches slipped this time series will slip as well. So Indian's must have practised clip catching well this time.
I am eagerly waiting for this contest to begin and see how these two teams play to their weakness and strengths. I hope you must be equally excited.
Thanks for your time and patience.