Current Indian team best squad I've played agaisnt, says Graeme Swann – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 has ranked the present Indian squad as one of their best he has ever played against.
The current Indian team consists of great players who have performed well throughout their career and lifted the team top in the world ranking prior to their recent tour to England.
India suffered three consecutive defeats in the longer versions of the game from the hosts and they have yet to recover.
They have a strong batting line up consisting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, backed up with quality bowling.
The star batsmen of the world were unable to perform at their best and collapsed time and again in six innings of three Tests.
India scored 286 and 261 runs in the first Test at Lord’s, London, which was played from July 21 to 25, 2011, and lost the match by 196 runs.
They managed 288 and 158 runs in the second Test which was held from July 29 to August 1, 2011, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, and were beaten by 319 runs.
It was followed by an innings and 242 runs defeat at Edgbaston, Birmingham, which was played from August 10 to 13, 2011, where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 scored 224 and 244 runs and lost the crown to England.
They were unable to score 300 runs in any of the six innings against the hostile pace attack of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Swann still praised the present squad led by Dhoni and believed they can come with the different ideas in the fourth Test to try and win the last encounter.
He commented, "It is not for me to say what the spirit is like in the Indian team. Cricket is one of those games if a team is on top, the other side can really be made to look as if they have been dragged through the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321, so it would be very dangerous
to ... Indian team or anything in a world class outfit because they will turn up on Thursday and they would want to beat us and we would have to play exceptionally well to match them and hopefully better."
The fourth Test will be played from August 18, 2011, at Kennington Oval, London, and Swan expects a tough fight in the match from India.
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