India v England 2011: Indian batsmen to watch out for - 2nd Test at Trent Bridge
After a comprehensive victory in the one of most awaited Test matches, at Lord’s, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 is once again ready to go against the World Champions, India, in the second match of the four-match series, going to be played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, from July
29 to August 2, 2011.
The match will be extremely crucial for both sides in many ways, but it will be more important for the home side since a victory will put them in a strong position to win the series by a margin of two games plus notch the No. 1 position in world of Test
cricket.
Although, the tourists failed to make an impact in the last game, the Indian side has one of the strongest batting line-ups in the world. Let’s have a glance at the key Indian batting gurus who can shine and help their side win an all important game.
Sachin Tendulkar
The Indian Master Blaster is just one hundred away from his ton of centuries but strangely, he is yet to score his first Test hundred on English soil.
Although, he failed to reach the milestone in the the historic game at Lord’s, the fans will once again be hoping to see a blistering hundred from the Little Master.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 played last game with a viral infection and that shows the great batsman’s passion and love for the game.
The super-star is undoubtedly one of the best batsmen the world has ever produced. He works just like a run-machine and his appetite for runs has been increasing with every passing day.
At Lords, he collected 34 and 12 in his two innings. The highest run-getter in the longest version of the game, the 38-year-old right-hander has piled up 14738 runs in 178 matches.
VVS Laxman
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772.
Along with an ability to perform anywhere in the world, the stylish batsman has a great temperament to play long innings.
He smashed an excellent half-century at a time when the tourists were under immense pressure during the second innings of the Lord’s Test. Laxman has a very good batting technique that helps him tackle swing and bounce on seaming English pitches.
In 124 Tests, the 36-year-old cricketer has gathered 8212 runs at a fine average of 47.19.
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Dravid has been named as ‘The Wall’ for his strong batting technique and temperament. He was the only Indian to reach a three-figure-score in the historic 2000th Test, played at Lord’s.
Dravid has the ability to take responsibility and play an anchor role in the innings. Flexibility is another great feature of Dravid’s batting as he can play at any position in the batting order.
In the previous, he came out to open the innings in the absence of injured regular opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447.
The great batsman has fantastic stats in the longest version of cricket, having 12453 runs under his belt at a fabulous average of 52.76.
Although, the Indians have many other elegant players such as Gambhir, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 in the line-up, they will be relying heavily on the experience of Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman.
Furthermore, these batting gurus will also try their best to lift their side in the crucial second match of the series.
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