NEW DELHI: Former England opener Michael Atherton predicted an India sequence win in opposition to England, declaring that spinners will play a giant half and the hosts have a greater spin-heavy bowling assault.
The five-match sequence begins from January 25 in Hyderabad and the England group — at present sweating out at a coaching camp in Abu Dhabi — is scheduled to land in India on Monday.
India have R Ashwin main the spin assault and veteran offie might be having the help of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel in opposition to the Englishmen
Atherton hailed the ‘very completely different’ India spin assault and went on to label Ashwin as one of many best of all time.
“I feel India will win. Their spinners are higher than England’s, and that would be the defining factor in the long run. If you happen to go to India, spin will play a giant half, it traditionally has finished and I believe it all the time will do. India do have a really sturdy seam assault as nicely. India’s 4 spinners are very completely different to England’s. They’ve two left-arm finger spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. They’ve a wrist spinner in Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin is without doubt one of the best spinners of all time,” Atherton mentioned on Sky Sports activities.
“England have a stable left-arm spinner in Jack Leach after which three very inexperienced spinners after that with Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed. It is going to be a specific problem for them however the selectors see a excessive ceiling for them,” Atherton added.
The final time India misplaced a sequence at residence was in 2012 when England received 2-1.
The five-match sequence begins from January 25 in Hyderabad and the England group — at present sweating out at a coaching camp in Abu Dhabi — is scheduled to land in India on Monday.
India have R Ashwin main the spin assault and veteran offie might be having the help of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel in opposition to the Englishmen
Atherton hailed the ‘very completely different’ India spin assault and went on to label Ashwin as one of many best of all time.
“I feel India will win. Their spinners are higher than England’s, and that would be the defining factor in the long run. If you happen to go to India, spin will play a giant half, it traditionally has finished and I believe it all the time will do. India do have a really sturdy seam assault as nicely. India’s 4 spinners are very completely different to England’s. They’ve two left-arm finger spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. They’ve a wrist spinner in Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin is without doubt one of the best spinners of all time,” Atherton mentioned on Sky Sports activities.
“England have a stable left-arm spinner in Jack Leach after which three very inexperienced spinners after that with Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed. It is going to be a specific problem for them however the selectors see a excessive ceiling for them,” Atherton added.
The final time India misplaced a sequence at residence was in 2012 when England received 2-1.
