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It is quite fashionable – and a bit of a truism too – to say that no team or player carries secrets anymore. Such is the speed at which information travels and so many are the opportunities to mingle – like in franchise T20 leagues – that every cricketer’s every move is broken down, analysed threadbare and bespoke plans hatched.
Yet, when England hosts India in the first of five Tests starting Friday at Headingley here, there is a fair sprinkling of the unknown. How will a new-look Indian batting order sans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma fare? How will an inexperienced English bowling attack perform? And how will a venue which has long been synonymous with swing and seam behave under hot conditions and forecast for very little rain.
The chief among the intrigues for India is about who would bat at No. 3, with skipper Shubman Gill – who started his career up top and then became the designated No. 3 – confirmed to occupy the No. 4 position, a right of passage, following in the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.
B. Sai Sudharsan is spoken of highly, and Karun Nair has past experience of playing Tests, two seasons of county cricket for Northamptonshire and a 204 at No. 3 for India-A versus England Lions recently.
– N. Sudarshan
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ENG vs IND, 1st Test: Shubman Gill-led India takes on England’s inexperienced bowling attack in battle of the unknown
When England hosts India in the first of five Tests starting Friday at Headingley here, there is a fair sprinkling of the unknown with India’s inexperienced batting order taking on the new-look England bowling attack.
