I don’t see England successful any Test towards India: Gautam Gambhir

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir doesn’t see the visiting England staff successful any Test within the upcoming four-match sequence with the type of spin assault it has.
England have named the likes of Moeen Ali, Dom Bess and Jack Leach as spinners of their squad. While Ali is an skilled campaigner with 181 wickets from 60 Tests, Bess and Leach have performed 12 Tests every, taking 31 and 44 wickets respectively.
“I don’t see England winning any of the Test matches with the kind of spin attack they’ve got,” 39-year-old Gambhir was quoted as saying in Star Sports present ‘Game Plan’.
“It has to be 3-0 India or probably 3-1. I’m only going to give a Pink Ball Test match, probably 50-50 to England just from the conditions point of view.”
Gambhir mentioned England skipper Joe Root, who had carried out nicely in Sri Lanka within the two-match Test sequence which his facet gained 2-0, will discover a fully completely different problem in India.
“This is going to be a completely different challenge for someone like Joe Root,” Gambhir mentioned.
“Yes, he has played really well in Sri Lanka, but when you face people like Jasprit Bumrah on any wicket, or for that matter, R Ashwin, when his confidence is sky-high after what he has done in Australia, I am sure it is going to be a completely different beast and a completely different ball game.”
While the primary two Tests shall be performed in Chennai, beginning on Friday, the third and the fourth match shall be performed on the refurbished Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad. The third match shall be a pink-ball affair.
Gambhir mentioned he had by no means questioned Virat Kohli’s captaincy in Tests and ODIs however has issues together with his management in T20 Internationals.
“Time and times again! Yes, Virat Kohli is the leader, but I’m sure he gotta be as happy as the rest of the squad as well, but at the same time, yes, he has done really well in Test cricket,” mentioned Gambhir, who has performed 58 Tests and 147 ODIs.
“I’ve always had question marks on his T20 captaincy. Never had question marks on his (Kohli’s) 50-over or his Test match captaincy. India has done really well under his leadership, especially in red ball cricket and I’m sure, India will continue to grow further, under his leadership, especially in red ball cricket.”
Kohli had missed three Tests in Australia within the current sequence which India gained 2-1 as he was on paternity go away. He is again as India captain within the four-match Test sequence towards England.