India tour of England 2025 - 5 Tests

Final Outcome of the series

  • England

    Votes: 10 55.6%

  • India

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • Series Drawn

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Total voters
    18
icyman said:
That England would win is a foregone conclusion- maybe. we will have a few events like:

1. The margin of English victory
2. Number of follow-ons for India
3. Number of 3 day tests

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I don't know how you look at the England lineup and think it has the capbility to smash even a rather inexperienced Indian side. This series looks another Ashes 2-2 type of deal in my opinion. England's main backup batsmen has never scored a professional century, not exactly a stable lineup in my opinion. + Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope have already used their one big score a summer against Zimbabwe, so England basically head into the series 2 batsmen down already.

I do thoroughly rate England's bowling attack however and I think the series will simply come down to which sides bowling can dominate harder.
 
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The English line up is playing in home conditions against a relatively inexperienced bowling attack. Take Bumrah out of the side and you are left with an uncapped Arshdeep, erratic Siraj and an ever upcoming Prasidh. Lord Thakur can snag wickets, but is going to be expensive. I don't rate the likes of Rana much, as I feel he is too raw. Indian spinners- Indian spinners have only showcased their wicket taking abilities on spinning tracks. Else, they tend to 'contain' the opposition. Their tactics haven't changed under different coach-captain combos. So, 3 matches where England might be smashing an amateur line up and I doubt the Indian side can match up-both in intensity and scoring.

The English bowling- exciting, but weak. However, the likes of Woakes and Stokes can prove to be a handful for our 'famed' batsmen. Gill, Jaiswal have predominantly been flat track bullies. KLR is bound to be an opener- this might upset his equilibrium (although he did decently), he has always shown a tendency wherein he's preferred the middle order much.
 
Aravind. said:
Abhimanyu Easwaran, red ball specialist, scores buckets of runs in FC needs a chance. Gill should be no where near this test side. My first test XI vs England, based on talent, record & form are below. Karun at 5 adds more stability, can do what VVS used to do.

Jaiswal
Rahul
A.Easwaran
S.Sudharshan
K.Nair
Nitesh:bwl:
Pant:wkb:
Jaddu:bwl:
Bumrah:bwl:
Siraj:bwl:
P.Krishna:bwl:

Boom should be the Captain, if he is not interested in that, KL or Pant are the best possible options available.
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I totally missed Iyer here. Shreyas Iyer in place of Sai will be better.
 
I could very well be proven wrong and am happy to be. This series is definitely an opportunity for the newbies to make it count and cement their place in the line up. Let's see!
 
Sai Sudharsan is set to make his test debut today and will play at no.3
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9.45am With the India XI in question, Nagraj Gollapudi has this scoop for us. Tamil Nadu batter B Sai Sudharsan is set to become India's Test cap number 317. The tall left-hander is likely to bat at No. 3, with Shubman Gill at No. 4 and Rishabh pant at No. 5. Karun Nair, who forced his way into reckoning with strong numbers in domestic cricket, is also set to return into the Test side for the first time in eight years. Nair is likely to bat at No 6. Shardul Thakur will be the allrounder and play the role of the fifth bowler, while Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj will share the new ball, the third seamer is likely to be Prasidh Krishna.
England vs India, India in England, 1st Test
 
Bigby Wolf said:
Anything less than 5-0 hammering would be an upset for an England.

India in a long time looking too weak atleast on paper
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Been following this series on PC and other social media. To a large extent, the English fans dont seem sure of a 5-0 victory. I believe it has got to do with their bowling line up. Adding someone like Mark Wood in there might help them, I feel!
 
BasketballHooper said:
Sai Sudharsan is set to make his test debut today and will play at no.3
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9.45am With the India XI in question, Nagraj Gollapudi has this scoop for us. Tamil Nadu batter B Sai Sudharsan is set to become India's Test cap number 317. The tall left-hander is likely to bat at No. 3, with Shubman Gill at No. 4 and Rishabh pant at No. 5. Karun Nair, who forced his way into reckoning with strong numbers in domestic cricket, is also set to return into the Test side for the first time in eight years. Nair is likely to bat at No 6. Shardul Thakur will be the allrounder and play the role of the fifth bowler, while Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj will share the new ball, the third seamer is likely to be Prasidh Krishna.
England vs India, India in England, 1st Test
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Jaiswal
Rahul
Sudharsan
Gill
Karun
Pant
Shardul
Jadeja/Kuldeep
Siraj
Prasidh
Bumrah

I'd go for Kuldeep over Jadeja.


Also, wanted to bring this up. Still don't agree. He is the best bet for captain. Let him do it for 3 matches, Gill could have taken over for the other 2. Alternatively, he needs to give up one format- I'd say T20to prolong his Test career. Or give up Tests, cause India won't be magical during this time period-better focus on ODIs and T20s and win the trophies there.
 
So, England have won the toss and have chosen to bowl. The correct decision imo since inthe pitch report by Stuart Broad, he said that the pitch will offer movement on the 1st day.
 
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