India tour of England 2011, (July 21 to September 16)

India will be on a long tour to England in the month of July in 2011. Being played so much cricket at Indian Subcontinent, this would be after long time India would be traveling overseas.

England has recently been struggling with injuries and their side will be boosted by the return of their stars Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad. They will rely heavily on their top order and captain Andrew Strauss will have to play a huge part in order to ensure England’s success. The Indians will bank on their frightening batting line up in order which contains the legendary Sachin Tendulkar and explosive players like Sehwag, Yuvraj and Dhoni. The presence of Dravid and Laxman in the test side will make them a formidable opponent. However, their traditional weakness against seam and swing bowling will be an area England will be looking to target. Another area that the English can exploit is the evident gap in the Indian bowling which has been carried by Zaheer and the spin bowlers over the years. In a gist, India has a better side and England will really have to bring in their A game to challenge them.

Indian Squad :Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain & wk), Gautam Gambhir (vice Capt), Virender Sehwag, Abhivan Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Wriddhiman Saha (wk)