England vs India, ENG vs IND, Today Match Prediction 10 September 2021

eng vs ind Match Prediction & Analysis

India`s tour of England has been a great advertisement from the Test cricket with both teams fighting hard and making brilliant comebacks in this series so far. Indian team took the lead for the second time in this series and cannot lose the series from now on. But, they might want to win the series after more than 14 years. England despite making a substantial lead in the first innings succumbed to pressure of the fourth innings to hand a win to India. This series is all set for a perfect climax with the host under pressure to level the series.

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Preview

England were led by Olli Pope`s 81 runs & Chris Woakes fifty in the first innings as they secured a valuable 99-run lead. Openers Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed scored fifties in the second innings to share a 100-run partnership after which they collapsed to 210 runs. Jos Buttler is all set to return to playing XI in this match.

England bowlers had a mixed match as they dismissed India for just 191 runs in the first innings while they gave away 466 runs in the second innings. Chris Woakes (7 wickets) and Olli Robinson (4 wickets) were their chief wicket-takers while Anderson, Moeen Ali, and Overton chipped in with vital wickets.

Top players to bet on:

Joe Root – Root was dismissed for 21 & 36 in the last match as their batters failed to cross the 300-run mark on a placid batting conditions. He will be eager to level the series in this match and his batting performance is the need of the hour for England.

Chris Woakes – Woakes made a big impact straightway with his all-round performance of 7 wickets and 68 runs in the last match. He will add great depth and balance to their team in this match.

England Predicted Playing XI:

Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ollie Pope/Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson

India Preview

India posted a score of 191 runs owing to the heroics of Shardul Thakur (57 runs) and Virat Kohli`s fifty in the first innings. Rohit Sharma played the knock of the amcth scoring 127 runs in the second innings and leading India to 466 runs with valuable fifties from Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Rishabh Pant. Ajinkya Rahane was the only player to be dismissed for poor scores in both innings.

Indian bowling unit showed why are rated among the best with a splendid performance as a unit. Jasprit Bumrah led the bowling unit admirably with nerve-wracking spells to claim 4 wickets. Umesh Yadav (5 wickets), Ravi Jadeja (4 wickets), and Shardul thakur (3 wickets) played perfect support act in the match. Ravi Ashwin question still hangs over the Indian captain.

Top players to bet on:

Virat Kohli – Skipper Kohli has scores of 56, 50 & 44 in the last 3 innings and is slowly regaining the form. And he will be eager to make a big century before ending the series and this match might be the perfect occasion to make it.

Jasprit Bumrah – Bumrah day 5 spell of 6-3-6-2 awed the cricketing audiences and just 4 wickets across 2 innings does not show the impact he had with the ball in hand. He will be the bowler to watch out for in this match.

India Predicted Playing XI:

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja/Ravi Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Manchester has a cloudy and overcast conditions expected for the first 2 days with next 2 days expected to be dry as per weather forecasters. We expect some interruptions in the play owing to weather in this match.

Venue Details

Manchester has been traditionally a good batting track but with overcast conditions bowlers might gain an upper hand in this match. Spinners might play a big role in the final day of the match. We expect the average scores to b in the range of 250-300 runs with days 3 & 4 being the best conditions to bat.

Toss: To Bowl

We expect both captains to bowl first on this track if they win the toss as overcast conditions are expected in Day 1. But, chasing the target in fourth innings might be tricky and they might opt to bat if conditions are clear and sunny.