England gear up to face India in the IND vs ENG Test series starting January 25. The England team has planned their arrival in India just three days before the beginning of the Test series, and that decision has left former England pacer Steve Harmison unhappy. Harmison, who has previously played for England in a three-match Test series in India, claimed that a whitewash will be thoroughly deserved if England do not prepare well for the upcoming series.
England have always found India tours difficult. The difficulty level can be gauged from the fact that England have won only a single Test in their last two Test series in India. However, England have been the last side to beat India in a Test series in India in 2012, when Alastair Cook led England to victory.
Now, former England international Steve Harmison has criticised England for planning to land in India just three days before the series is scheduled to begin.
“If England go in 3 days before, they deserve to get beat 5-0. They really do. I’m an old man, that is what they are going to say, the times have changed, the game has changed, but I tell you, preparation has not changed. You can’t go into India underprepared. In fact, you cannot go India overprepared as well, you can be in India for six weeks before and still not be prepared for that first Test,” Harmison told TalkSport.
“I would love to know what Pietersen, Strauss, Cook, in that great side, the only side that has won there in 2012, what they would think when they hear that England will go to India like three days before the series. I think they would laugh at you,” Harmison added.
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