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Ever since England humbled India at
home last year, there has
existed some needle between the two. The administrators have crossed swords
over DRS and IPL windows, Twitter has been a battleground for fans, even former
players have had uncharitable things to say in commentary boxes ... but the
real deal between India and England will be on later, played out during the
Indian winter.
India Vs England Yuvraj & Broad |
Still, it would have helped if their
Twenty20 on Sunday were more than a glorified warm-up match. Both the sides
have made it to the next round, and this game is of no consequence to anybody's
fortune in this tournament. India will be the more thankful side for it. Of all
the strong teams so far, India are the only one who kept their lesser opponents
interested. Their bowling and fielding are in shambles, and this match gives
them three extra hours to try to figure out a combination or a method that
inspires more trust.
If India are built on strong and long
(at least on paper) batting and an army of part-timers, England have invested
in specialists: five (at least, so far) solid bowlers and just enough batsmen.
It will be a slightly different test for England's bowlers when they come up
against a much stronger India batting line-up. It will be an interesting clash
of T20 philosophies but without the tension that a meaningful match in a world
event should bring.
Form Guide of 2 Teams:
England WWLWW (completed matches,
most recent first)
India WLWLW
India WLWLW
Watch out for
Stuart Broad and Yuvraj Singh were
two completely different players five years and four days ago when Yuvraj hit
Broad for six sixes in an over. Broad has gone on to become a champion player
of a champion Test side, and has also won a World Twenty20.
Yuvraj has realised a lifelong dream of winning a World Cup,
and while his Test career has not gone anywhere he has won a bigger fight.
Broad had his own back when he triggered a collapse with the wicket of Yuvraj
in a Test-turning spell - that included a hat-trick - at Trent Bridge. Now
that they face each other again, expect a lot of hits for the youtube videos of
the sixes and the hat-tricks.
Zaheer Khan has
been hailed as the "Sachin Tendulkar of Indian bowling" by MS Dhoni,
and rightly so. In fact between Anil Kumble's retirement and the World Cup last
year, Zaheer was the Tendulkar of the '90s: if he failed, the whole bowling
unit disintegrated. However, Zaheer - like Tendulkar - now faces serious calls
for retirement from at least one of the formats so that he can continue to be
the bowler he was until last year's World Cup. Mohammad Shahzad and Mohammad
Nabi of Afghanistan treated him with disdain, and if other sides can do the
same, it will have a demoralising effect that India are not unfamiliar with.
Team news:
England have got a good thing going
with their line-up, and wouldn't want to fiddle around too much. Depending on
the conditions, Tim Bresnan could replace Samit Patel.
England (possible): Craig
Kieswetter (wk), 2 Alex Hales, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jonny Bairstow,
6 Jos Buttler, 7 Samit Patel/Tim Bresnan, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 Graeme
Swann, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach
Dhoni indicated India will make a
changes with this being an inconsequential match. What changes, he didn't say.
It is against Dhoni's conservative mindset to play five bowlers, so it is more
likely that either Harbhajan Singh or Ashok Dinda might replace one of the
faltering quicks. Dhoni, though, might want to give Zaheer some more time in
the middle.
India (possible): 1 Virender
Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6
Rohit Sharma, 7 MS Dhoni (capt &wk), 8 R Ashwin, 9 Irfan Pathan, 10 Zaheer
Khan, 11 L Balaji/Ashok Dinda/Harbhajan Singh.
Pitch and conditions:
The R Premadasa pitch used for the
England-Afghanistan game was an interesting one, with variable bounce looking
threatening early on, but England still found enough value for their shots. An
evening start might mean some assistance for bowlers, which England should
like. Weather websites predict scattered thunderstorms, but it takes a lot of
rain to rule out a five-over game.
Stats and trivia:
Dhoni has captained India in 33 T20Is,
the most for anybody.
Graeme Swann has conceded 28 sixes,
and Broad 25. They are fourth and sixth on the list. It is not necessarily a
bad sign: the top 10 features Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi too. For India,
Yusuf Pathan has been hit for a six the most: 22 times.
Quotes:
"It is easier to go after a
bowler. If you look at his performances he should get equal respect that Sachin
gets. He is the Sachin for us when it comes to the bowling department. He has
led our attack for the last few years; he has been our best bowler whatever the
format. Maybe in the last few games he has not got the wickets whether it be
Test cricket, ODIs or T20."
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