An “unbelievable seam attack and incredible batsmen” make India formidable but England will have the edge in the pink ball day/night Test as the tourists are more adept at playing in seaming conditions, feels batsman Zak Crawley.
With the series locked at 1-1, the two teams are set to take on each other in the day/night fixture starting at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
When asked if England were favourites playing against a moving ball, Crawley, in an interaction with British media on Saturday, said, “I think it will play into our hands.”
“We have grown up with those conditions, trying to play the ball late in seaming conditions, so you would say we would be more adept at it than the Indians.”
“That’s probably why they are unbelievable players of spin, because they have grown up with it,” Crawley added.
However, the 23-year-old is well aware that the hosts are armed with a potent seam attack as well as skillful batsmen making them capable of handling all conditions.
“That said, they have an unbelievable seam attack and incredible batsmen so it won’t help us too much. They will be more than capable,” he said referring to line-up spearheaded by the redoubtable Jasprit Bumrah and comprising seasoned warhorses like Ishant...
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