Well done India

To start with congrats to the Indian team for taking a well deserved 2-0 lead in the series. India have been on the rise what with series victories in Australia, Lanka and now up 2-0 against England. India have a youthful side with Dhoni leading the team well. As far as their game was concerned Yuvraj again lead the way with a superlative effort with the bat and what was impressive about this innings was that he came in at a difficult time with the pitch having a bit of variable bounce but he was up to the task as he took a bit of time to settle down before exploding in the middle and late overs, he was well supported by Gambir who will no doubt be one of the mainstays of Indian batting in the days to come. In the field India’s fielding was quite impressive and this is a area they have improved on as with a youthful side made up of energetic players like Raina, Yuvraj, Rohit, Pathan, Gambir means that their fielding has definitely improved and bowlers too bowled tidily with Zaheer again mixing it up, Harbie bowling a tight spell, and of course the magic man Yuvraj with a 4fer and I have to say that he bowled slower through the air than Patel. Anyhow what a game it has been for Yuvraj.

As far as England were concerned they were again rigid as the quicks leaving Broad kept on banging it in the middle of the pitch, Anderson was underutilized. In my view either have confidence in him and give him a decent spell or drop him but giving him just 6 overs just doesn’t look right, Patel’s selection was a mystery as he is mainly a batsman and I would rather have Swann instead of Patel. When England tried to chase down the target Shah, Freddie, KP all tried their best especially Freddie who smacked some big hits in the third power play but they were left with too much to do. I also wonder why did Bopara a good player of spin came in at 8.

All in all a well deserved victory for India.