India low on confidence after English thrashing, says Iqbal Qasim – Cricket News Update
Chief selector of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the upcoming limited-over series, with the hosts low on confidence.
The neighbouring countries are going to play a bilateral series after almost five years, as their relations were hampered in the aftermath of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 terror attacks in 2008. Pakistan will visit India later this month to take part in two T20 Internationals and three One Day Internationals (ODIs).
India at the present moment are playing a four-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, struggling to maintain their reputation at the home soil. After winning the first Test at Ahmedabad in a comprehensive manner, the Men in Blue lost the next two, in Mumbai and Kolkata, without putting up a fight.
The criticism http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 from the team.
While announcing separate squads for the two formats, the former left-arm spinner expressed that the Green Shirts should do well against a jolted Indian side. In order to counter the strong batting line-up of the Men in Blue, the chief selector claims that he has picked up a balanced team and revealed that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 were taken in the loop.
“India's performance against England hasn't been good and their chips are down. Compared to our side, they have always relied heavily on their batsman and we were more effective with the ball. So, we have selected a balanced mix with the consensus of both the captains and the coach,” said the former Test cricketer.
Qasim is expecting the Pakistan batsmen to deliver the goods in India and hopes that the Green Shirts will not disappoint their fans on the tour.
He added, “We have always beaten them when we are consistent with the batting, with bowling as an advantage, so I hope these teams will have good results on the tour.”
The battle officially begins with the first T20 International at Bangalore, on December 25.
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