IND vs ENG Test Series Prediction: Former England cricketer Michael Atherton has made a big prediction regarding his team's upcoming tour of India. He has said that England will have to face defeat in the Test series during the India tour. He has also given the reason for this. He has said that spinners play an important role on Indian grounds and Team India has much better spinners than England.
While talking to Sky Sports, Atherton said, 'I think India will win. Their spinners are better than England. This thing will prove decisive in the end. Whenever you go to India, spin bowling is important. This has always happened and will continue to happen in the future also. Then the Indian team also has a strong fast bowling attack.
Atherton says, 'The four spinners that India has are very different from England. They have Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel as two left arm finger spinners. They also have left arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav. Along with all this, veteran spin bowler R Ashwin is also present. In contrast, England has a strong left-arm spinner in Jack Leach but the other three spinners are very less experienced.
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Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir and Rihan Ahmed have been included as spin bowlers along with Jack Leach in England's Test squad. At the same time, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav are present in the Indian squad along with R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Ashwin, Jadeja and Akshar have proved to be successful not only in bowling but also in batting.
Last time, Team India lost the series at home to England.
The 5-match Test series between England and India is starting from 25 January. Team India clearly seems to have a strong upper hand in this series. Team India has not lost a single series on home grounds in the last 10 years. However, the last time the Indian team was defeated in a Test series at home was England. In this Test series of 2012-13, veteran spinners like Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar were present in the English team.
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