Will India Win at least one Match in England Tour?

Friday, September 16th, 2011 at 12:39 pm , filed under News by cricket_admin

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The final game of India’s two-month long England tour is just around the corner and the once formidable Indians are yet to win their first International game of the tour.Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India was on the top of the world when they landed in England two months ago, but the ramping world champs looked no better than a school team during the whole tour, given any format of the game.The former world number one Test side was outclassed by England in all departments of the game as the hosts got the better of a depleted Indian outfit. They thrashed India in the four-match Test series 4-0 before winning the only T20 International.

It’s been a pretty bleak tour for Mahendra Singh Dhoni who had stepped into England as the most successful captain in contemporary cricket. Dhoni’s status as an unimpeachable Indian skipper has come under serious scrutiny as the string of defeats continued.Although the tourists have staggered from one disaster to the next, MS Dhoni has finally started rediscovering his best form with the bat. After anchoring India’s innings at The Oval along with Ravindra Jadeja, Dhoni shared a 169-run stand with Suresh Raina for the fifth-wicket partnership in the 4^th ODI at Lord’s. In the rain-ruined 4^th One-Dayer against England, Dhoni returned with an unbeaten 78, laced with six muscular boundaries and three lofty sixes.

Keeping in view Dhoni’s individual performance in the last two games of the ongoing tour, one can expect him to fire at Cardiff as well to make Dravid’s swansong match memorable.Stay tuned for the final kick off between India vs England in the final ODI at England.

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