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India’s much awaited England Test tour is now very close. The first match of this five -Test series will be played from Friday. This time the Test series is starting at the headingley ground in Leeds, which is usually the third Test of the England tour. This time the weather here is also different. Since February, there has been no rain and the ground has been completely drought. This has also prepared the pitch in different ways.
The pitch looked green till 3 days ago, but before the test it will be cut and rolled well. The pitch curator Richard Robinson says, “We want the pitch to be good and balanced, so that batsmen can play the shot.”
Robinson has many memories related to this ground. As a child, he watched the famous Ashes series of 1981, in which England won by 18 runs in the third Test played in Leeds. Now Robinson is preparing another Test land on this historic ground.
The pitch will not break; The host team must have tried first According to the Meteorological Department, the temperature can reach 30 degrees during the test. However, despite such heat, the pitch is less likely to break. Some swing or seam movement can be found on the first day, but after that this pitch will become flat.
After Brendon McCullum became the coach, England won the toss 16 times out of 22 and chosen the first bowling, out of which he has won 9 matches. At the same time, the team, who had chosen batting 6 times, lost all the matches. In such a situation, bowling first can be beneficial in view of the pitch and weather.
Despite the heat, the pitch is less likely to break. Some swing or seam movement can be found on the first day.
Constant swing in England; India’s second worst average in the world here The new era is going to start for India from June 20. This time the Indian team will field with some new challenges and new faces, as giants like Kohli and Rohit are no longer part of this team. The responsibility of the new captaincy is on the shoulders of young batsman Shubman Gill. He will have young players like Yashasvi, Sai Sudarshan, Karun, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Dhruv Jurlel and Washington Sundar in the batting order, most of whom have not played Test cricket in England. In such a situation, the swing balls here will take the real test of the technique of these youth.
England’s climate, cloudy weather and green outfield swing are known for bowling. The pitches here are hard and the ball rotates in the air throughout the match, whether it is new or old. In England, ‘Duke Ball’ is used, whose seams emerge and it swing for a long time. At the same time, reverse swing is common in countries like India, but it is rarely seen in the cold and moist circumstances of England. India has played 121 Tests in England since 1932, of which the Indian top order batsmen have been average of just 30.31. This is his second worst record in any country. The worst average has been in South Africa (28.88).
Indian captain Shubman will bat on number-4 In the first Test, India’s captain Shubman Gill will bat for the first time on number-4. Rishabh Pant informed in the press conference that he himself will land on number-5 and Gill will land at number four. Number-3 batsmen are not yet decided.
Indian team loses their previous match in headingley India played the last Test in Headingley in 2021, in which it lost by an innings and 36 runs. However, in the 2002 Tests before that, India defeated England by an innings and 46 runs.
Kohli’s 2018 experience lesson for Indian batters In 2014, Kohli failed in England. He had an average of just 13.40 in 5 Tests. But he returned in 2018 and scored 593 runs with two centuries and three half -centuries. He had said, ‘In England you never think that you are now set. Patience is most important here. Whether you are on 30 runs or 100- you have to show the same vigilance on every ball.
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