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After playing smaller teams in their opening ICC Cricket World Cup matches, both sides face their first real test on February 27 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium for a high-voltage Group B encounter. The biggest worry, though, will be rain, which is predicted for Sunday.
England almost embarrassed themselves against a determined Netherlands in their first game. However, MS Dhoni will take them lightly at his peril.
India and England have won three matches apiece in their Cup face-offs so far.
However, India emerged victors when the two sides last met (of course outside the ICC CWC) at the same venue in 2008. In a rain-curtailed affair, Dhoni's boys won the match via Duckworth-Lewis method.
Overall, the hosts have dominated over the years, leading England 38-30 in 70 ties played so far.
Although Indias resounding win against Bangladesh in their opening clash was an auspicious start, Dhoni and the Indian think-tank will still need to attend to some outstanding concerns.
Their fielding needs a serious shake-up. Against Bangladesh, they may not have had to pay any price for their slipshod act, it would prove costly against Andrew Strausss men.
England, on the other hand, have critical worries too. Their bowling and fielding were lacklustre against Netherlands. The commitment seemed amiss. The likes of strike bowler James Anderson and Stuart Broad looked extremely ineffective. It appeared they were unwilling to bend their arms.
However, England skipper Andrew Strauss has refused to read much into their performance against the Dutch. When asked about how the English bowling will fare against, perhaps, the best batting line-up in the world, Strauss stressed: Well have to get rid of (Virender) Sehwag early on. If he gets going, its going to be difficult for us. However, we are confident that we have the depth to challenge the Indian batting.
The stage is set for a mouth-watering clash, provided rain-gods refrain from being party-poopers!
Approaching milestones
- Virender Sehwag (973 at an average of 37.42 in 26 matches) requires 27 runs to become the third Indian to complete 1,000 runs against England. Sachin Tendulkar (1335) and Yuvraj Singh (1129) are the only two Indians with 1,000 runs or more against England.
- In case of an Indian win, it will be their 50th under Gary Kirsten. At present, India's records under him reads - Played: 81, Won: 49 Lost: 28 and NR:4 Winning % 63.63.
- Andrew Strauss (3959 at an average of 35.34 in 121 matches) needs 41 runs to complete his 4,000 runs in ODIs.
- Kevin Pietersen (483 at 53.66) needs 17 runs to complete his 500 runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
- Harbhajan Singh (247) needs three wickets to complete his 250 wickets in ODIs.
TEAMS:
India (from): MS Dhoni (captain, wkt), V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, YK Pathan, Y Singh, H Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel, R Ashwin, PP Chawla, SK Raina, A Nehra
England (from): AJ Strauss (captain), KP Pietersen, IJL Trott, IR Bell, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior (wkt), MH Yardy, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, A Shahzad
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England almost embarrassed themselves against a determined Netherlands in their first game. However, MS Dhoni will take them lightly at his peril.
India and England have won three matches apiece in their Cup face-offs so far.
However, India emerged victors when the two sides last met (of course outside the ICC CWC) at the same venue in 2008. In a rain-curtailed affair, Dhoni's boys won the match via Duckworth-Lewis method.
Overall, the hosts have dominated over the years, leading England 38-30 in 70 ties played so far.
Although Indias resounding win against Bangladesh in their opening clash was an auspicious start, Dhoni and the Indian think-tank will still need to attend to some outstanding concerns.
Their fielding needs a serious shake-up. Against Bangladesh, they may not have had to pay any price for their slipshod act, it would prove costly against Andrew Strausss men.
England, on the other hand, have critical worries too. Their bowling and fielding were lacklustre against Netherlands. The commitment seemed amiss. The likes of strike bowler James Anderson and Stuart Broad looked extremely ineffective. It appeared they were unwilling to bend their arms.
However, England skipper Andrew Strauss has refused to read much into their performance against the Dutch. When asked about how the English bowling will fare against, perhaps, the best batting line-up in the world, Strauss stressed: Well have to get rid of (Virender) Sehwag early on. If he gets going, its going to be difficult for us. However, we are confident that we have the depth to challenge the Indian batting.
The stage is set for a mouth-watering clash, provided rain-gods refrain from being party-poopers!
Approaching milestones
- Virender Sehwag (973 at an average of 37.42 in 26 matches) requires 27 runs to become the third Indian to complete 1,000 runs against England. Sachin Tendulkar (1335) and Yuvraj Singh (1129) are the only two Indians with 1,000 runs or more against England.
- In case of an Indian win, it will be their 50th under Gary Kirsten. At present, India's records under him reads - Played: 81, Won: 49 Lost: 28 and NR:4 Winning % 63.63.
- Andrew Strauss (3959 at an average of 35.34 in 121 matches) needs 41 runs to complete his 4,000 runs in ODIs.
- Kevin Pietersen (483 at 53.66) needs 17 runs to complete his 500 runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
- Harbhajan Singh (247) needs three wickets to complete his 250 wickets in ODIs.
TEAMS:
India (from): MS Dhoni (captain, wkt), V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, YK Pathan, Y Singh, H Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel, R Ashwin, PP Chawla, SK Raina, A Nehra
England (from): AJ Strauss (captain), KP Pietersen, IJL Trott, IR Bell, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior (wkt), MH Yardy, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, A Shahzad
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Support India,set the same avatar for tomorrow!! :http://i55.tinypic.com/vnpd2e.png (Thanks to SpArK)
