England can beat vulnerable India

India losing to England in England is one thing. England beating India in India is quite another. But this is an India in transition and that gives England a great chance to come out on top, Mike Selvey says in the Guardian.

There may not come a better chance to take on India on their own pitches. Injury continues to sideline Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, the most destructive and experienced opening pair in the game, and also Zaheer Khan, currently the best in the business in his own conditions, and Ishant Sharma, who would probably have shared the new ball with him. There is no Yuvraj Singh, the player of the World Cup, to torment them in the middle order, and no more of the abrasive Harbhajan Singh, who has been dropped. Only the indefatigable MS Dhoni remains of the superstars, so this promises to be a contest between two sides in transition.

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Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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