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Rahul Dravid predicts 3-2 win for India in England, calls it crew’s finest likelihood

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Batting nice Rahul Dravid reckons India will prevail over England 3-2 on this summer season’s away Test sequence and calls it the guests’ “best chance” to win within the UK since 2007.
Dravid was the final Indian captain to win a Test sequence in England.
“I really do think India have a very good chance this time,” Dravid mentioned throughout a webinar, based on ‘ESPNcricinfo’.
The webinar was organised by Live Aid India, a belief to assist these affected by COVID-19.
Dravid, who’s now the top of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, mentioned Ravichandran Ashwin versus Ben Stokes might kind an “interesting subplot” to what’s anticipated to be an intriguing sequence.
“There’s no query about their (England’s) bowling. Whatever bowling assault England placed on the park, particularly their seam-bowling assault, goes to be improbable. They have quite a lot of gamers to choose and select from and that’s going to be terrific.
“But if you happen to take a look at their prime six or prime seven, you actually consider one nice batsman, a world-class batsman who’s Joe Root.
“Obviously, Ben Stokes is another one, who is a good all-rounder, but for some reason Ashwin seems to do well against him. And that should be an interesting contest. I know he’s done well against him (Stokes) in India, but it’ll still be an interesting subplot to the series.”
But an Indian crew, on the again of its historic triumph in Australia and the house sequence win towards England, will definitely fancy its probabilities.
“… But I simply assume India might be well-prepared, have the arrogance from Australia, there’s lot of perception within the squad.
“A couple of players have been to England a few times, there’s a lot of experience in the batting order this time around, so this is probably our best chance, maybe say 3-2 to India,” Dravid mentioned.
The former captain mentioned India, to their benefit, will get quite a lot of time to organize there for the rubber.
“I think India will play really well in England this time,” Dravid mentioned.
“It’s a fantastic alternative we’ve obtained. After the WTC last, they’re going to be in England for an entire month earlier than the Test sequence begins. I don’t assume any crew has had that form of time to organize for a Test sequence as India can have this time, in order that absolutely ought to be a fantastic benefit.
“In England, if there’s one factor you’ve all the time obtained to respect, it’s the circumstances. It’s barely totally different from say an Australia or India.
“To some extent you sort of get the feeling (as batsmen) that you’re never set. Even if you’re set and you get a good start, batting on 30, 40, 50, things can change very quickly, the weather can change, the ball can swing even after it’s 40-50 overs old,” Dravid noticed.