
- India vs England 3rd ODI 2011
Thu Oct 20
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India vs England 3rd ODI 2011
October 20,
Mohali
Start time Ind vs Eng 3rd ODI 2011 :
1430 (0900 GMT)
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India v England at Mohali
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Big Picture
As
Rudyard Kipling once put it: "East is East, and West is West, and never
the twain shall meet." The contemptuous dominance that England enjoyed
in their home Test series against India is now being reprised in reverse
in their one-day tour against the same opponents.
England's
opening two ODIs in Hyderabad and Delhi resulted in two crushing
defeats, and unless they can stop the rot at the third time of asking in
Mohali, they will have squandered the series with two games to play.
It's hard to envisage any such transformation taking place, however.
With one victory in their last 15 ODIs in India - and none since April
2006 - England have been in this position before, and have yet to work
out an escape route.
India are a much-changed team from the outfit
that won the World Cup back in April, but in their first home campaign
since that momentous achievement, they have tapped into the same well of
confidence. England faced trial by spin in the first game, and trial by
seam in the second, and while their batsmen faltered on each occasion,
India's have gone from strength to strength.
From
MS Dhoni's blistering assault in the final 16 overs of the first match, to
Virat Kohli's
crushing double-century partnership with Gautam Gambhir in the second,
the defining feature of India's performances to date has been the
fluidity of their run-scoring. Whereas England's innings have been
staccato at best, with occasional boundary shots punctuated by long
periods of failed strike rotation, India's ability to create gaps in the
field has been nigh on impossible to match, and even harder to stop.
In that regard, the absence of
Eoin Morgan
has been critical for England. His nominal replacement, Jonny Bairstow,
hits a long ball given half a chance, as demonstrated on debut at
Cardiff last month, but he has yet to learn the versatility required to
dominate on Indian pitches. He's not alone in that regard. Craig
Kieswetter has managed one boundary and seven runs in 13 balls so far,
and while Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott have looked at ease in the
conditions when they've got in, neither man has been able to put pedal
to metal in the manner of their India counterparts.
England's problems extend to their bowling attack as well.
Steven Finn and
Tim Bresnan
have impressed in an individual capacity, even though their figures
hardly reflect their efforts, but Jade Dernbach's variations have been
collared, while Samit Patel has struggled as a spin-bowling allrounder.
Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and even Kohli's leg-rollers have all proven
more effective. It will take a considerable swing in fortunes for
England to prove greater than the sum of India's parts in the coming
contests.
Form guide
(completed matches, most recent first)
India WWLTL
England LLWTW
In the spotlight
There was no love lost between England's bowlers and
Virat Kohli
in Delhi, but seeing as he butchered them with a sublime 89-ball
hundred, there was only one winner of that particular skirmish. Whatever
technical suspicions were aired on the England tour, they were nowhere
to be seen as he filleted the gaps in the field with aplomb, and he
further confirmed his prowess on home soil with five nagging overs of
unhittable medium pace. At the age of 22, he is seizing his chance to
become the flag-bearer of India's new generation.
Jade Dernbach
is a remarkable bowler for England to have in their ranks - a genuinely
innovative seamer with an arsenal of variation to call upon, and time
on his side to fine-tune his repertoire. When he gets it right, as he
did with a looping slower ball to pin Gautam Gambhir lbw in Hyderabad,
he can bamboozle the best players; however, when his variations are
clocked, the joke is invariably on him - and so far in this campaign, he
has one wicket at 99.00 in 16 overs. As Shane Warne once said of young
legspin bowlers, he needs a lot of love to build the confidence upon
which his skills will be pinned, but he's not getting it on this most
torrid of tours to date.
Pitch and conditions
Ind vs Eng 3rd ODI 2011
One
of the most northerly venues in India, the Punjab Cricket Association
Stadium has traditionally offered something to the seamers, although on
the evidence of the second ODI, it is India's pairing of Praveen Kumar
and Vinay Kumar who are better placed to exploit whatever is on offer.
Team news
No
change was necessary the hosts in Delhi despite the conditions being
markedly different, and so more of the same can be expected in Mohali.
It makes quite a contrast to the recent tour of England, on which
casualties abounded.
India squad for 3rd ODI vs England 2011
(probable): 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4
Virat Kohli, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra
Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Vinay Kumar, 11 Umesh Yadav
Patel's
place is under scrutiny following two poor bowling performances in the
opening two games. Chris Woakes, one of his likelier replacements, has
been ruled out of the tour through injury. His replacement is Graham
Onions, although the legspinner Scott Borthwick is arguably first in
line for a call-up. Despite being at 30s and 40s in Delhi, England may
yet resist the temptation to tinker with the batting, with Ian Bell once
again set to wait his turn.
England squad 3rd ODI vs India 2011(probable):
1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4
Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ravi Bopara, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8
Graeme Swann, 9 Scott Borthwick, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach
Stats and trivia
- India have a chequered history in ODIs at Mohali - they have won six and lost four of their ten games at the venue since 1993.
- However,
Mohali retains a significant place in the nation's affections, given
the result of the last game it hosted in March 2011: the victorious
World Cup semi-final against Pakistan.
Quotes
"The
challenge for me is to get the players in the right frame of mind. We
will have some scars when we get to Mohali, but we'll have to deal with
them."
Alastair Cook faces up to his toughest test as England captain
"The youngsters are stepping up, and coming up with the performances needed at international level - both with ball and bat."
MS Dhoni is delighted with the development of a new-look India team.[source for preview:Cricinfo]
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