Australia not finest staff anymore, England ought to concentrate on beating India as an alternative of Ashes obsession: Graeme Swann

India appear “virtually unbeatable” after their historic Test triumph in Australia and England can be attaining one thing larger than their “obsession” Ashes if the vacationers handle to upstage Virat Kohli’s males subsequent month, feels former spinner Graeme Swann.
England can be touring India for a four-match Test collection, starting on February 5, adopted by 5 T20 Internationals and three ODIs.
Swann stated India, regardless of captain Kohli not being obtainable after the primary match, dominated Australia like only a few sides have.
“England always saying ‘well the Ashes are coming up’. Australia are not the best team in the world anymore. They used to be, by miles, … they’re not now, but we’re obsessed with this,” Swann informed tabloid ‘The Sun’.
“We have to move away from looking forward to the Ashes series. I think beating India in India is a far higher thing to strive for right now. They’re virtually unbeatable in India since we beat them in 2012. Why isn’t that the whole thing?” he requested.
He stated if England need to be the most effective on the earth, they need to transfer away from the fixation of simply attempting to beat Australia in away collection. The Ashes is scheduled to start out in December this yr in Australia.
The 41-year-old Swann, who took 255 wickets together with his off-spin from 60 Tests between 2008 and 2013, requested the England gamers to study from previous errors and tackle spin like Kevin Pietersen did the final time the Three Lions gained a collection in India again in 2012.
“Why aren’t folks saying ‘right, this is a chance to get this team with good players of spin, use their feet, change the whole way we face spin bowling, and then we can beat India’.
“We’re not going to beat India unless spinners are taking wickets and then we’ve got someone batting like we had with Kevin Pietersen.”
Swann feels former captain Pietersen modified the way in which England performed towards spin.
“He was ultra-aggressive. Let’s face it KP was a superb participant and he batted unbelievably properly there.
“We haven’t done it since, we haven’t learnt from how Kev batted on that trip and haven’t gone on and used that as the blueprint.”