London: Former England captain Nasser Hussain has said that England will find it very hard to make a comeback in the Test series against India. India are leading the five-match series 1-0 after Virat Kohli & Co. won the second match. The first Test ended in a draw.
“There are still vulnerabilities in this India side and that’s what England have to remember at Headingley. If England had Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and now Stuart Broad available to them, I’d still fancy them strongly to win this series. But they can get back over the next three Tests without them,” wrote Hussain in his column for Daily Mail.
“Look at the India batting line-up. Rishabh Pant can be a destructive batsman but he doesn`t always come off and looks a place too high to me at six in English conditions against the Dukes ball. The same goes for Ravindra Jadeja at seven. And, whatever they did at Lord’s, India do still have a long tail.
“That’s what made me so cross about that last morning when England lost the plot against that tail and it eventually cost them a Test they could easily have won,” Hussain continued. The 53-year-old further stated that Kohli wants to win at any cost and has his aggression aimed at winding up the opposition and he gets under the skin of every team he plays against.
“Kohli’s aggression is aimed at winding up the opposition and he gets under the skin of every team he plays against. I’m sure most don’t particularly like playing against him and English supporters won’t particularly like him but he won’t care a jot about that,” he added.
Hussain also credited Kohli for India’s changed attitude calling him the ‘right man’ to lead the ‘formidable side’. “Virat Kohli is the right man at the right time to lead this formidable India side. His players, in particular the bowlers, want an aggressive captain. They want Kohli stirring things up, as he did so effectively in that brilliant second Test at Lord’s,” he said.
