England v India - India’s miniscule performance in England is testament to the snowball effect
India became a victim of the snowball effect in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 after having a disastrous start to their English campaign this summer by losing the first Test at Lord’s by 196 runs.
After this defeat many Indian fans and cricket experts predicted a defiant comeback by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and reckoned a win from the then number one team in Test cricket. Before the series, England were completely written-off since no one was focussing on an English
win, instead people were eyeing an Indian victory without any hindrance.
However, the Lord’s Test changed everything and shifted the focus from an obvious win to a blatant welcome which was given to the tourists by England. The warmth that India had received before the first match had weathered away and now they were in for a
cold summer against a team led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964.
Strauss is perhaps the most successful captain in England’s history and under him the English side has surely flourished in Test cricket. However, saying that they are the best side in Test cricket is yet another underrated statement because they are also
the reigning T20 champions which proves that they are equally dangerous in the shortest format of the game.
While some might argue that India tried to top England’s performance in the second Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham the fact remains that they were not up to speed and were blown away by the English with some outstanding bowling and fielding after India
exhibited impressive bowling in the early part of the first day of the match.
Every time India walked in the field they seemed a bogged down side and instead of giving a better show, their performance deteriorated with each passing day. Not even the batting maestro http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 could pull his team out from the deep pits of h**l
where the Indians had been thrown into by the hosts.
The only bump in India’s demise was the matured performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 who provided the fans with some memorable batting performances in the three matches that have been played in the series.
Nonetheless, the snowball effect has taken the Indian side downhill as they have been dethroned from the number one spot in Test cricket a feat they achieved after beating the former number one team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
England on the other hand, crept to the number one spot without any hype and in fact before the series most cricket commentators did not even bother to mention the possible crowing of England as the number one team in case India got beaten up.
Well now, the Indians need to huddle and aim for a better future, although there is nothing much they can do to get their number one spot back, they should try to gather lost pride in the fourth and final Test of the series beginning from 18 August at the
Oval.
England on the other hand will now aim to give younger guys a chance to take a dig at India since the pros have done an astounding job in the opening games. Perhaps it is time for India to give its uncapped players a go as before the series the Indians were
happy to rely on their over the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hill-c63180 players to get them through in England, however, now that the pros have failed India have a good excuse to give their young players a chance to play for the national team.
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