A team has to win in England and Australia to be called as the number one team, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 - Cricket News Update
Former Indian captain, Sourav Ganguly, has slammed the Indian cricket team and feels that a team which cannot win in England or Australia does not deserve to be rated as the number one team of the world.
England defeated the world champions, India, at Lord's and Trent Bridge to take an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series. Now the home team cannot lose this series. India will have to beat England in both the remaining matches to level the series, which looks highly unlikely at this stage.
The four-match series between England and India is one of the most awaited series of recent times as the cricket analysts all around the world predicted a fascinating encounter between two of the best teams of Test cricket.
India is currently at number one in ICC's Test Rankings, whereas, England is at number three. However, if England does not lose any of the upcoming Test matches, they will become the number one ranked Test team of the world.
Ganguly, who is now a professional commentator, believes that England deserve to be called the best team if they beat India in the series.
He said, “I'm not a big believer in the rankings but I honestly don't know if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. This was a series between two teams that could be number one and if England win they will deserve it."
The former Indian captain added that the senior players of the Indian team have failed to take the responsibility on their shoulders, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 as the only exception.
“http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 hasn't really got going yet, V.V.S. Laxman has been on and off, the openers have struggled," he said. "Dravid is the only player who has really batted well. When you see 500 runs on the board and a game slipping away you need characters to stand up,” Ganguly added.
The third match of the series is going to be played at Edgbaston from the 10th of August and the Indian fans will be hoping that their team can come up with a better showing.
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