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[FattusCattus]

I just have this gut-instinct that England are going to do well. I think our bowlers are going to come to the party and will surprisingly be too much for the Indian super top-order.

I think we'll get runs, but they will be slow and ugly, so some of the cricket may be attritional.

I can't quite put my finger on why, but I do think we will do well.

I think heroes will be Moeen and Root with the bat and Stokes and Anderson with the ball.

Off course, I'm off my tits on mind-altering drugs, but we'll see!

[smilley792]

Buttler added to squad as prior struggled in training yesterday.

[procricket]

Pujara time to prove he is truely world class...

England to come firing back.

2-2

[mini998]

I guess no DRS as usual with Indians in this series , ridiculous .

[Stuey]

Pujara to have a big series for India and Root a big one for England I also think Ali (batting) will push on in this series.
The bowling will depend on the pitches, if they are dry which it seems they will be due to the much vaunted drainage systems, we could be in all sorts!

[mike1989]

I guess no DRS as usual with Indians in this series , ridiculous .

Shouldn't be a big issue. The technology is helpful at times, but there's no need to be over reliant on it. It corrects some bad decisions, but generally if there are good umpires they will get more correct than wrong without technology, or at least enough to balance things out.

I'm still not 100% convinced with certain parts of DRS. Hot spot isn't always accurate; and there are times when hawk eye says a ball will hit the wickets - for example, a ball that needs to turn sharply to hit the wickets, or hits a player high and needs to not more than barely rise to not got over. It's probably correct that it would, but there is some doubt.

That said, DRS is a useful system. But I'm not convinced it's needed.

[tim2000s]

It corrects some bad decisions, but generally if there are good umpires they will get more correct than wrong without technology, or at least enough to balance things out.

Given some of the umpiring that we've seen recently, I'm not sure that the umpiring level will be good enough to not cause issues without DRS.

[mini998]

^^ without DRS England would have won the first test against SL and probably would have won the series with the moral uplift gained from the first test win ,  so it is good enough to  stick with DRS considering the general umpiring we see these days.

DRS should be used only to get rid of the howler, should not consider as a replacement for umpiring.

As for hotspot , I though using it along side with real time snicko seemed like the 100% foolproof solution .

[i12breakfree]

Dhoni, Pujara, Kohli, Ashwin, Ishant, Rohit, Shami, Bhuvneshvar, Binny, Murli.

2nd opener Dhawan or Gambhir can't call between the two as I would like to retain a left right combo at the top otherwise i'd pick both of these lefties before Murli.

Cook, Prior,Bell, Robson,root, stokes, Ali, Anderson,Broad,Plunkett,Jordan

I think we can do without M Vijay.

Gambhir, Dhawan, Pujara, Kohli, Rohit (or Rahane), Dhoni, Ashwin, Binny, Bhuvneshwar, Shami, Ishant

[tejasapatel]

I think we can do without M Vijay.

Gambhir, Dhawan, Pujara, Kohli, Rohit (or Rahane), Dhoni, Ashwin, Binny, Bhuvneshwar, Shami, Ishant

Amit I prefer Rahane over Rohit as he puts a price in his wicket unlike Rohit who tends to settle in and then throw it with a lazy shot.

Dhoni however will go with Rohit.

[i12breakfree]

Amit I prefer Rahane over Rohit as he puts a price in his wicket unlike Rohit who tends to settle in and then throw it with a lazy shot.

Dhoni however will go with Rohit.

Even my first preference is Rahane but I guess we all know that Rohit will be picked up instead of Rahane .

[dilscoop]

Hope the weather is good for tomorrow

[Gerry SA]

Sri Lanka had much better batting line-up and much experienced which plays vital role in a teams glory especially when you have a young team and are playing offshore.

Sorry but where did SLs batting become so good?

Aside from Sangakarra, the rest where rope a dope the entire series.

And if England could catch, SL would been rolled under 200 in 3 of their 4 innings.

[Gerry SA]

England's line will be Stokes for Jordan. Stokes just offers a little more in all aspects.

Whereas India I'm guessing they'll go with the following:
1. Vijay 2. Dhawan 3. Pujara 4. Kohli 5. Rahane 6. Dhoni 7. Jadeja 8. Binny/Ashwin 9. Kumar 10. Shami 11. Aaron/Ishant/Pandey

Ashwin is probably a better batsman that any of the bowling all rounders in either side, but his bowling is sh!t over the last 8-10months.

Ishant shouldn't be playing, but Dhoni is too much of a coward to select te more talent Pandey or the pacey Aaron.

I don't see what Binny offers, a poor mans Darren Sammy IMO.

3-0 England. Two draws in London.

[dilscoop]

India to win 5-0