IND vs. Eng First Test: Onus on Openers, more dependence on Bumrah-Shubman Gill-LED India strength and weaknesses. Cricket news
Over the years, swing and seam have proved to be India’s Bagbars on a tour of England. In the last decade and in half, James Anderson and Stuart Broad, with the support of Sam Curan and Chris Woakes, left the Indian batsmen on the mat. In a few days time, the team led by Shubman Gill will be against Ben Stokes’ England in Headingly in Leeds. England do not have comprehensive or Anderson in their rank, but Willy Chris Woakes is still around, and in Bridon Cars, Jamie Overton, and Josh Tongs, he has an attack, which will be sufficient to harass the inexperienced Indian batting line-up, in the position of the house.Timesofindia.com examines the strength and weaknesses of the Indian team before the first Test.
Magical bumrah
Former England Pacer Stuart Broad, in his podcast For the love of cricket, It was mentioned how the world’s best bowler, Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness, may decide the fate of the series. “He is definitely someone that England would not want to play all five tests. Because if he does, he is going to load a shade of wickets.”Broad is correct. No bowler has taken less than 20 wickets in Test history. Bumrah was in his magical best at the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, where he took 32 wickets in 13.India will bank to bank to give its reward assets to give it again.
If there is no bumrah, then who steps?
In Australia, India’s extreme-affrison on Bumrah was quite visible. No other bowler looked like taking wickets. And on this journey, someone with Mohammed Shami, England will get run-scoring opportunities after seeing Bumrah and Mohammad Sirj near England. India’s chief selector Ajit Agkar made it clear that Bumrah is unlikely to play all five tests. In that case, India’s young captain, Shubman Gill, fame Krishna, Arshdeep Singh and veteran Shardul Thakur will bank, who will play the right second Fidel.Kuldeep Yadav will also be on steps.
Last time England “Bajballers” faced Kuldeep Yadav, he found his length, variations and, to some extent, it was difficult to choose the loop. He took 19 wickets in four Test matches on “True Wickets”, not rank-turner, and transferred the tide towards India after being 0–1 in the five-match series. However, Kuldeep will not get memories of England, where he had a forgetful experience at a green top at a green top at Lord’s in 2018 at 30 pm, a forgetful experience on a green top, Kuldeep could be India’s trump card.
Play waiting games
The age-old manual of the way of batting in England is simple: wait. But Indians do not wait for all that – especially when the ball revolves around. The swing breaks their soul, and as long as the ball starts giving away or shape, Indian batsmen start freezing. The balance begins to go to the topsy-torv, follow the bat, and they break the batsman’s thumb rule: never play away from your body. This will be an familiar area for Indian batsmen, in which the swinging ball is having a nap with the projection.
Jaiswal and KL Rahul eyes
In four trials following the final loss of WTC in 2021, India performed well and leading a 2–1 curtain series in England. The reason behind India’s success was that the way openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul batted in that series. Rohit played India at the Oval for the last time of winning the match. The knock came in India’s second innings when he was living behind by 99 runs, and was an unwanted knock to Rohit, who faced 256 delivery, spent around five hours at the crease, and hit only six borders. KL Rahul, the most experienced batsman in the Indian setup, would like to follow his success with Red-Hot Yashsvi Jaiswal.
Follow Virat template
India’s new captain Shubman Gill has come under the scope of a batting record check away from the house. Gill average in test cricket averages 35 – which is not enough for the country with such batting depth. His vulnerability against the moving ball is also well known. Gill’s promotion for Captain was not well with many former cricketers. Former India opener. Srikanth and Wasim Jafar have questioned their credibility and doubt whether it is certainty in India’s Test XI. After Gill was declared as the captain of India, Srikanth told Timesopindia.com, “He has not even secured his place in India’s Test XI”.
But Gill and other young Indian batsmen can take a cue from Virat Kohli – the way he batted in 2018 was an ideal example of dealing with swing and movement.Kohli had a terrible series in 2014, scoring just 134 runs in his 10 innings. But he returned to a completely different batsman in England in 2018 and finished the test series as top run-scorer with an impressive 593-Run Tally, including two centuries and three fifties.
Do not sleep in cordon
In addition to the tendency of suicide batting, India’s cricketers have been suffering from ‘butter fingers’, leaving an easy catch. ‘Butter-Finger’ slip Cordon has cost several Test matches in India in England.Slip ketching in England is not easy. Sightscreens are not so large, so you do not get a clear background. The Duke Ball swings a lot – once the ball crosses the stump, the keepers face a lot of issues. The same problem applies to fielder slip. The ball can swing even after the lead. Therefore, the practice of catching is going to be very important. They are coming out of the IPL, where anyone barely catches slip. But in England, slip catching becomes important. And then, to ensure that the slip cordon is very certain – which is going to be in the first, second, third and fourth slip.
