IND vs ENG Edgbaston Test – Moeen Ali Edgbaston Test: Like other former England cricketers Veteran all-rounder Moeen Ali believes India stand no chance against aggressive England in 5th Test. Making literal fun of India’s chances in the upcoming Test at Edgbaston Moeen said ‘Indian team is undercooked without KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma’. Follow India vs England 5th LIVE Updates and Scores with InsideSport.IN.
If you had asked me 4-5 weeks ago, I would’ve said India would win. But now I feel (that) England will win. India are a little bit undercooked,” Moeen was quoted in a interview with TOI.
- India will play England in the only Test match starting on July 1 at Edgbaston
- Moeen Ali announced his retirement from the longer format last year after India’s tour
- England recently humiliated New Zealand 3-0 in the Test series on home turf
- India is likely to be without Rohit Sharma in the match & Moeen believes this further reduce India’s chances.
IND vs ENG Edgbaston Test: Moeen Ali makes fun of India’s chances vs England, says ‘Indian team undercooked without KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma’
England ‘HOT FAVORITE’ says Moeen Ali: England’s smashing form, which has seen them clean sweep New Zealand 3-0 in the recent Test series at home, makes them the favourites for the rescheduled fifth Test against India at Edgbaston, feels England all-rounder Moeen Ali.
“If this series had finished off last year, India would’ve won it. If you had asked me 4-5 weeks ago, I would’ve said India would win. But now I feel (that) England will win. India are a little bit undercooked,” Moeen said on Tuesday from Birmingham.
“Last year, India had four games under their belt. This time they’ve had a practice game and some net sessions.
At the moment, England, in my opinion, are the favourites, because they’ve just played three good Tests, and the way they are playing, they are very confident compared to last year.
Their mindset has changed and they’re playing positive cricket. India will still be very difficult. They’ve a fantastic bowling side,” Moeen said.
India’s poor record at Edgbaston –
- India has a poor record at Edgbaston as they will face tough challenge in the next few days.
- In seven previous matches at the venue, India has failed to win any of those.
- India’s best performance at the Edgbaston came in 1986 as they picked a draw along with a 2-0 series win.
- A draw will do it for Team India as they lead the five-match Test series 2-1 and will be poised to make an impact in the coming days.
- This will be the eighth time India play at Edgbaston.
India’s record at Edgbaston-
| Matches | Wins | Defeats | Draws |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
IND vs ENG Edgbaston Test: Moeen Ali makes fun of India’s chances vs England, says ‘Indian team undercooked without KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma’
Moeen Ali suggests to play both Ashwin and Jadeja-
With conditions being much drier than usual at Edgbaston, Moeen said that he would like India to play both their spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
“Ashwin and Jadeja are brilliant allrounders. I would play them both because the wickets and conditions have been good. I would go with three seamers and two spinners,” he said.
Deciding the Playing XI will be a he problem for India as they face a wait and watch task for Rohit Sharma. The Indian captain was tested positive for Covid-19 and has been isolated. Rohit will only be available if tests negative in the coming days as an anxious wait remains for him.
IND vs ENG Probable Playing XI-
India squad: Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
*Rohit Sharma availability subject to negative Covid-19 Test
England squad: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), James Anderson, Matty Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach
IND vs ENG Edgbaston Test: Moeen Ali makes fun of India’s chances vs England, says ‘Indian team undercooked without KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma’
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