Wonder how India got to No.1 spot in the world, says Geoffrey Boycott – Cricket News Update
Former England captain and one of the best opening batsmen of his times, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Boycott-c58776, has slammed the quality of Indian bowling and said that it is surprising to see that India is the number one ranked Test team of the world.
England defeated India by a massive margin of 196 runs in the first Test at Lords to take 1-0 lead in the all-important series. The Lords victory was an historic one, considering the fact that it was the 2000th Test match of the history of the
game and also the 100th between the two teams.
A number of cricket analysts around the world have criticized the Indian bowling attack, which lacked venom, especially after the injury to its premier fast bowler, Zaheer Khan, who could not take part in the last four days of the match due to a hamstring
strain.
This is the reason why, Indian bowlers were not able to trouble the English batsmen, who piled up huge scores in both the innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, who has been out of form since the start of the year, found back his form in style and struck a brilliant
double hundred in the first innings of the match.
Boycott said, "It is not Pietersen's fault that India were one bowler short and their other bowling wasn't special. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 tried his best but his inexperience and inability to put the ball in awkward areas
showed up time and again."
However, the former opener praised the efforts of Praveen Kumar, who was able to trouble the English batsmen in the first innings as he grabbed a five-wicket haul. Boycott emphasized on the fact that how important it is to move the ball, if a bowler wants
to be successful at the highest stage of the game.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379. Even more so, you wonder how they
got to No.1 in the world," he added.
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