IND vs ENG: Andy Flower pins hope on Joe Root to do an Alistair Cook of 2012 collection win in India

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Joe Root (left) with Andy Flower.
With their arrival in Chennai a day earlier for a full-fledged collection, starting with first Test in Chennai from February 5, England have reached India excessive on confidence following their 2-0 rout over Sri Lanka just lately.

However, India will probably be a special animal to face altogether given their kind at house and to not overlook the morale-boosting historic collection win Down Under. England, however, will draw extra confidence from the truth that they’ve already defeated India at their very own yard eight years in the past when coach Andy Flower and aspect prevailed India 2-1 over 4 matches.

Former Zimbabwe cricketer Flower, who led England to a few Ashes successes, remembered how anyone like Alistair Cook (562 runs within the collection) anchored innings all through the collection whereas names like Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott amongst others added tempo to it.

The former England coach now expects the likes of Joe Root to step into Cook’s sneakers in the course of the collection whereas names like Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes will deal with the run price.

“Joe must be the rock round which we will construct massive innings like Cook was in our staff,’ Flower instructed Daily Mail. ‘He’s our most skilful participant of spin and may mix a very nice, gentle defence with the alternating of strike and sometimes leaping out of his bubble and scoring boundaries.

“Then we need guys like Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes to come to the party with a more pro-active game, a bit like Kevin Pietersen did in 2012. Where Root might be playing at a certain tempo, those guys can up it and really put pressure on the opposition spinners.”