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    Posted: 04 November 2012 at 12:28pm
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India A v England XI
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

 
Sat Nov 3 - Mon Nov 5 
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Mumbai A v England XI
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai


Thu Nov 8 - Sun Nov 11 
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Haryana v England XI
Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Motera, Ahmedabad

 
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1st Test - India v England
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad


Fri Nov 23 - Tue Nov 27 
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2nd Test - India v England
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai


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3rd Test - India v England
Eden Gardens, Kolkata


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4th Test - India v England
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur


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1st T20I - India v England
Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune


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2nd T20I - India v England
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai


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TBC v England XI
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

 
Tue Jan 8 
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TBC v England XI
Harbax Singh Stadium, Delhi

 
Fri Jan 11           
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1st ODI - India v England
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot


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2nd ODI - India v England
Nehru Stadium, Kochi


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3rd ODI - India v England
HEC International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi


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4th ODI - India v England
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh


Sun Jan 27 
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5th ODI - India v England
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala


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Dravid backs Dhoni as Test captain - http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/590920.html ... rightly so, a sensible guy like him knows the stats inside out.

I really don't understand how this topic keeps coming up regarding the Indian Captaincy, MS Dhoni is India's most successful Indian captain by any stretch of imagination in any format.

Well even by stats, just to show how ahead he has been against the second best, here are the statistics.

In Tests - MSD and Ganguly ( Ganguly has the second best for Indian Test Captain)
MSD as Captain in 39 matches, win 19, loss 10, drawn 10 
Win % - 48.71%
Loss % - 25.64%
Drawn % - 25.64%

Ganguly as Captian in 49 matches, win 21, loss 13, drawn 15
Win % - 42.85%
Loss % - 26.53%
Drawn % - 30.61%

In ODI - MSD and Dravid ( Dravid has the second best ODI record for Indian Captain)
MSD as Captain in 127 matches, win 73, loss 43, tied 3, no result 8  

Win % - 62.60%

Dravid as Captian in  79 matches, win 42, loss 33, tied 0, no result 4
Win % - 56.00 %

In ODIs we have slightly complex calculation ( as per wiki)
Win% = (matches won+0.5*matches tied)/(matches played-matches abandoned/no result)

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England lost 4 matches in their sub-continent tour of UAE & SL earlier this year. Just look at the three of the four losses, I don't see any problem there.

Pakistan Won by 10 wickets
Pakistan Won by 72 runs
Pakistan Won by 71 runs
SL Won by 75 runs

I really don't understand why media has made such a big issue that England can't play spin.England did well, but could not cross the line and losing by such slender margins shouldn't be a cause of any worries.

I think the series will be closely fought,I would not be surprised if I see a drawn series. Last thing India should do is to underestimate them, if they do they might lose the series. India must understand that they have been good even in spinning conditions, I really don't know how experts are got it all wrong.

I will go with India 51% and Eng 49%... will be a very closely fought series.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote MalhotraRaj84 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 November 2012 at 12:28pm
By the way , Yuvraj should rock this series and cement his place in the Test side.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote sam_ahmed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 November 2012 at 5:35pm
should be an interesting series, both teams have got heavy batting line ups but bowling remains a worry, I will expect some drawn games here, it's proper winter season so won't expect the heat to be any sort of a problem for the English, in fact they will very much like these conditions.

should be a very close battle this, I'd probably go for a 1-0 win in favor of India, I can very easily be wrong though.
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I feel England have a strong chance to win it as Indian batting is really weak if they get early wickets Indian would be in big trouble i would go opposite of Sam with 1/0 England.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote MalhotraRaj84 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 November 2012 at 2:23am
Indian batsman's average in 2012 , Kohli 62.62, second best is Dhoni with 52.10, none of the other batsman have had any decent year and are way below their personal mark, that's nothing but a terrible bad form ... Ashwin who is averages about 43 despite being a bowler is third, just goes to show that slump in Indian batting. 

Pujara averages 72, but he has played only 2 matches , so we can't consider that. 

Another thing that is repeated time and again in media by some experts makes me laugh at them .... George Dobell says "Both have declined sharply since respectively attaining the No. 1 Test ranking" , well India stayed at top close to 2 years and then lost a series and the ranking immediately, that can't be compared with England, yes England fought but just kept losing after they attained that position.There is another series called 2 chucks ... supposed to be funny, but too much of sarcasm makes one sick ( but well anyway , one of them is a clown  who keeps making fun of others ... that why its funny ) they too were saying the same when ENG lost the series to SA. Completely misinformed.


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Post Options Post Options   Quote kahmad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 November 2012 at 10:56am
I think it will be a clean sweep for India. India has already enough score to bowl out England twice.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 November 2012 at 12:57pm
Chances of England beating India are as good as me playing for the West Indies.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote mystery Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 November 2012 at 2:39pm
I totally disagree with both Kahmad and Spinny yes no doubt India have scored 300 for just 4 wicket loss yet the Pitch if England play properly can easily make 400 in their 1st innings too and with a deep lineup like they have its not too difficult atleast with Indian bowling lineup. Ashwin or Ojha are not Ajmal.
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Originally posted by spin wizard

Chances of England beating India are as good as me playing for the West Indies.
Then you might be closer to debut than you think ... yes India are favourites , but only just.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote kahmad Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 November 2012 at 4:11pm
If India gets Pieterson cheaply, then i dont think England will cross 200. Ashwin and Ohja are not Ajmal but they are still good enough to trouble the english Batsmen.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote sam_ahmed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 November 2012 at 5:04pm
I don't agree that ENG will get rolled over that easily, I think both teams have an equally good chance of winning the series, India obviously have a slight edge, the good thing for India is that they've got Pujara and Kohli in the side who are the future of this test team, had they still be playing with Dravid and VVS may be ENG would have been favts to win this series.

As for this test match, just the end of Day 1 but I think ENG should only look for a draw from here, Cook and KP will be the key for ENG and they'll need good support from Trott, Bell, Patel and Prior. ENG bat very deep so they will have a chance to frustrate India.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 November 2012 at 4:29pm
Eng 41/3, 300+ runs to avoid the follow on.  India are out for revenge against India, they're not going to prepare pitches to suit England.  England is going to find it extremely hard to beat India in any of these test matches.
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superb double hundred for Pujara, he is such a fantastic talent that man, ENG have an uphill task and the current pair of Cook and Pietersen is the main hope for England. A wicket early tomorrow and we could be seeing an early finish to this match, may be sometime on day 4 session 1 or 2.
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What a knock by Pujara, I have been shouting at the top of my voice all the while, we needed the young blood long back in the places now occupied by Kohli and Pujara in tests, anyway let bygones are bygones. Just goes to show that my faith on future was absolutely true Thumbs Up.

By the way I am expecting a big one by Sachin soon in next few matches Smile, maybe the elusive 300 mark.

One other great achievement went almost unnoticed. Ashwin gets to 50 wickets in just 9 matches, just to give a comparison , in last 30 years only Philander has bettered that record while McGill is on par with Ashwin's record. Some achievement that.

Back to the match, England are 41/3 and looks like in some trouble now, but beware KP is still out there and he can be real handful, he has got everything to turn the match on its head.

At this stage India slightly ahead, but one good partnership will take England to safety.This match is far from over in my opinion.
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England 111/0 in second innings and looking good now. Indian bowlers did a great job in to enforce follow-on on this pitch, this pitch never had any devils in it, it was just slow and low and batsman needed to apply themselves for first 10-15 minutes. Cook and Compton just showed it in second innings.
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Wow was about to write 123 for no loss and England started good without losing a wicket , but Zaheer got Compton Smile.
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Pietersen shouldn't be allowed to play test cricket until he figures out how to play Left Arm Orthodox spin. He clearly has a black spot or technical glitch play this style of bowler, heck even Michael Clarke would get him out. Would actually consider dropping him for the next test.
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Pietersen shouldn't be allowed to play test cricket until he figures out how to play Left Arm Orthodox spin. He clearly has a black spot or technical glitch play this style of bowler, heck even Michael Clarke would get him out. Would actually consider dropping him for the next test.
Don't write him off so soon, yes Indian left are spinners had found a chunk in his batting w.r.t left arm spin which later all other teams have targeted and it has become more of a mental block than a technical one, but  KP is a class act, he might come back and score a scintillating double in the very next match at Mumbai. He will soon find it out, I just hope it is not against us.He is too good a player to never figure it out.


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It's a definite technical deficiency. He needs to work on it, adjust and fix it. Even if it's partly mental, doesn't mean he shouldn't work hard to mend the issue. Perhaps dropping him is far-fetched, but if he gets out twice to left arm spin in the next match, then the question will have to be put to the selectors. Yes, he is a class act and I enjoy his cricket when he's in full flow, but there's a problem.
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Yes Mikey, I have no doubt that he has worked on it , infact he even said that while commentary stint during World T20, but you know sometimes somethings just don't click no matter how hard one tries.I guess it is one of those things with him.
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England lead by 10 runs with 5 wickets in hand , omnious signs this with just one over to go Ermm.
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A comprehensive win for the home side and no real surprise after the dismal 1st innings effort by England. Fine batting though by India against some rather ordinary bowling (Swann apart).  A major selectorial blunder was picking Bresnan over Panesar and I expect that to be one of several changes for Friday. Bell goes home for the birth of his child , but he's not actually set the world on fire and I can't say he's a huge loss.  Cook will again have to carry the batting and I fear the burden could prove too much. Mikey is right - KP has a real problem will left arm orthodox and his head seems scrambled as just how to address it. Graham Gooch was a class player of all forms of spin and I just wonder if KP's ego just won't allow him to listen to sound advise.
              No such problems for India and unless England score big in the first innings (and hopefully win the toss) they'll be up against it again.


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India 1 up in the series, this series is going to be interesting, I am sure that England will put up a better fight in remaining matches.

I was very happy that one crucial decision did not go in India's favor, coz if Cook was given out initially , then the match would have been over by 4th day morning and everyone would have said that pitches in India are not good enough for tests, some even say that pitches are doctored to suit home team only and whole load of usual nonsense would follow. At least now it should be clear that there is always scope when batman sweats it out.

Good that Indians had 77 runs to knock off, which again showed there was nothing scary even on the 5th day pitch (apart from being slow and low).

Nothing new about England selections blunders (atleast Indians stopped doing that), England did similar mistake against Pak and SL , not taking Monty in some matches along with other selection blunders.

Next match, England might stun India with a improved performance, KP & Trott will want to put some runs, which is very dangerous signs for India.


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Will say it again, I don't see England having much chance of winning in India.  India is out to embarass them, and surely they for starters won't make Mohali type pitches and I think, that's the critical thing.

Also, want to see Rahane in for Gambhir. Smile
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"I don't even want to see this wicket,". "There wasn't enough turn and bounce for the spinners… Hopefully in the coming matches we'll see the wicket turn, right from start, or as soon as possible so that the toss doesn't become vital."

"I don't think the match referee can question a pitch just because it's turning,","When the wicket seams right from the first delivery, nobody asks questions. What you don't want is ridges in the wicket and then one ball hits your head and next your toe. At times, in the subcontinent, on pitches like this, the toss becomes vital. The only way to take the toss out of the equation is to have pitches that turn right from the start. The game may end in three-and-a-half days, but both teams will have an equal opportunity to win the game."


Anything wrong there in what he said ? Dhoni is someone who always plays the game fair, he calls spade a spade, sometimes when he looses he says that toss was vital to which some section get angry and say he gives reasons, well many a times when he wins and if there is a toss advantage he rightly puts it across, If I am right even after World Cup finals he said that once dew came, it was easier to bat on. He does not miss words, some people are just can't digest his success.

What I like about him , he does not give a damn about anyone speaking nonsense, it hardly bothers him.Rock solid guy.One of the best traits that captains should have.


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ENG's trump card in this series, if they were to have any chance whatsoever of doing well was Steven Finn, he is a man who can bowl very well even in subcontinental conditions and of course Graeme Swann... without Finn ENG do not stand much of a chance.

Umpiring in the first test has been below par, while most decisions went against ENG, a few went for them too, including the crucial one of Cook early in the 2nd innings. 

I don't give ENG much of a chance actually, if the pitches are result oriented then we might as well see India winning 3-0 or something like that, nothing much seems to have changed for England, really can't see anyone turning it around for them atm, except for Cook, but he alone won't win them test matches here.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote jaysjay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 November 2012 at 5:37pm
i think its only fair that he demands turning pitches,every cricket nation is guilty of preparing pitches that suit them,and if India want to improve their away record they need to offer bouncy wickets during domestic matches so players can get adapted to it from early age and it becomes a part of their muscle memory to deal with the extra bounce,however testing fast pitches during international matches would beat common sense as you are losing on the home advantage,and neither would a serier loss do any good to your self confidence which is a vital part of this game nor would it make you a better player of fast bowling overnight,
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Post Options Post Options   Quote MalhotraRaj84 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 November 2012 at 7:41pm
India does not have any problem touring abroad, if they had they would have not drawn with SA and other places.Their records earlier to 2011 was great. Take out ENG and AUS - 2011 , India has a great 4-5 years abroad and as well as home. One bad season , does not make them bad.WHen this constantly happens with many ( like many other teams) they you can say they have a problem.India have always had great touring right from 2001, from 2004 their records has been better than many.

Lot of decisions went against India , not England.
This is what Stuart Broad tweeted "On DRS. I hear 12 decisions would have been overturned in the Test. Potentially match changing but India would have had 8 of them"... clearly shows who had a rough match. Sensible guy... tweeted the truth, but there was a funny reply by some English media person in affirmative saying something like this --> yes from 5 days to 4 days ... twitter can be funny at times and virtual battle ground between two people who don't like each other. Stuart was actually saying that India was at loss without DRS, while a angry meidaperson took revenge on him.

India always get lot of decision against them because of lack of DRS , nothing new there , they are kind of used to it, it happened in previous tours too and many crucial decisions too, never the less for a change so I would want the rub of the green to go to India's way henceforth. I want to see if how other teams cope up when lot of decisions don't go their way.
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