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Old 20-08-2011, 11:46   #780
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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
But they cannot be that bad Richard as they were ranked no1 in the world and you don.t get there with a popgun attack but yes the Oval is a good pitch but lets see how the master Indian batsmen bat on it.
India are not that bad denphone statistics do not lie however they are under prepared for this series Mike Atherton mentioned this on air and Shane Warne commentating for sky sports said he was shocked, some of indias top players did not travel to the carribean for their pre england tour meaning not much match practice,and did you see Rudra Pratap singh well he had not played a test for about 3 years if my memory serves me correctly! and it showed !indias bowling attack or lack of it is probably to blame for much of the problem (some of the top bowlers seem to be carrying injuries),certainly so far in this tour they do not look up for it. Hope the one dayers show more of the india of old.