After winning the One Day International (ODI) series 2-1 against Bangladesh earlier this month, England start their Test series campaign in Chittagong from Thursday. One can expect plenty of chit-chats and verbal exchanges on the field in India—the Test series starts 9 November in Rajkot. Though Ali had a great series against India in 2014 (in England), this group doesn’t look threatening in spin-friendly conditions. What may give England some confidence is that it’s almost a decade since India won a back-to-back series against them (1-0 in 2007 in England) and (2-0 in 2008 in India). Since then, they haven’t managed to win a Test series against them either at home or away.

Source: Mint October 19, 2016 11:15 UTC