Quote from: mersal on Today at 06:00:33 PM

So the pitch curator knows what team India wanted and made it further slower I guess and also they prepared with three spinners to attack the ENG from the initial overs itself. Fortunately India won the toss this time so the captain can't blame the toss for losing if they lose this match as well from a good start.

Toss was the major factor and if England won he toss they would have gladly batted first and repeat what they did in the first match as it is difficult to bat later on and we saw how India struggled in the first match as the pitch wears down pretty fast with invariable bounce and the spinners will have a great day from the third day onwards and the morning session is crucial for India as they need to put above 400 runs to be in a comfortable position.