Team India will soon travel to England for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand and then they will take on England in a five-match Test series as well. While they are in formidable form in the longer format, former England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar believes they can win the series as well.
He said that England batsmen’s inability to play spin will trouble them again during the Test series against India and he feels India will win it 5-0 as well. The veteran spinner also added that pitches in England during the August-September will certainly help the Indian spinners and England batsmen’s weaknesses will be exposed there as well. Notably, India recently beat England in the four-match Test series 3-1 at home.
“If the wickets turn in August every chance [India will win 5-0],” said Panesar in a series of tweets. “I expect green pitches v NZ and we can see the depth of English cricket. In August, I expect drier wickets. IMO (In my opinion) it favours India,” further added Panesar, who had earlier played a key role in England’s win in the 2012-13 series 2-1 in India as well.
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He again added, “Will it seam in August? It tends to spin at that time of the year… 5 test matches are in August where we will expect warmer conditions. Indian spinners will come into the game, India have a chance [to win] 5-0.”
However, Monty Panesar also revealed England’s weak batting which he thinks mostly depends on captain Joe Root. And, he feels their top-order will likely struggle again.
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“[If] Joe Root scores big England win. [But] You expect Joe Root to score all the runs?” he asked one of his followers who doubted his view through tweets. “India have seamers to exploit inexperience English batting. The top order will be England’s issue,” he shared before citing the example of how India’s bench strength stood up in Sydney and Brisbane and won the Test series Down Under without a few of their key players as well. “Haven’t you watch what happened at Sydney and Brisbane,” Monty Panesar tweeted again.
