Former Indian cricket coach John Wright said that Indian team will miss the experience of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman when they will take on England in a four match Test series, says a report in the DNA.
"The Test series will be interesting. England are coming off a home series defeat against South Africa, while India will miss the experience of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. The middle-order is quite new. The series will be a closely-contested one and it won't be 4-0 to India," Wright said.
On the Day-Night Test matches, Wright said, “"The idea is good on paper but cricketing realities have to be taken into consideration before it is practically applied."
On the battle for number one position in Test matches, he said, “The field is quite competitive and currently there is no one side which is dominating both at home and on road."
On Indian openers poor form he said, “They should bide some time at the wicket before going for shots. If they can bat for two hours, the job of the middle-order will be easy.”
Meanwhile, The Hindustan Times reports that John Wright is not in favor of producing rank-turners for India-England Test series.
“Using home advantage is fine by me. Obviously, if you go to play in Trent Bridge or Headingley at this time of the year, the ball is going to seam around. But in India, wickets are such that they offer a bit of turn by the third day and last five days. Even then, there were competitive matches. Making wickets that’s going to turn from Day 1 won’t be a good advertisement for Tests.”
