The third test between India v/s England at Southampton was really dominated by the Englishmen. It was quiet surprising,how Indians included Rohit Sharma in final eleven when his track record on seam and swing pitches is dismal. I think at times Dhoni acts a little arrogant,when he says he works with his intuition and not practical situations . Now with gaining a fantastic win at Lord's , he should have gone with the momentum and not change the winning combination . Unfortunately , Ishant the MoM of Lord's victory was injured , Dhoni should have gone with a spinner knowing Ashwin's experience and with a bit of batting would have done good for the team. Similarly Dhawan a product completely transformed into IPL types is not the right opener to play in swinging English conditions. Best was to try Gautam Gambhir who has played well in the opening practice game and lots of experience behind him.
Jadeja let down a sitter in the slip cordon and the whole match slipped with the comeback form of Cook who used the chance to prove his critics wrong . It feels sad for Pankaj Singh who toiled so much to get a break lost a great oppurtunity due to butter fingers of Jadeja . He proved that his class his permanent form is temporary. England players used time and maintained a good run rate throught the match. Our star player Bhuvnesh Kumar seems tired and couldn't break the shackles of England team. Shami is not bowling the way he bowled in Indian conditions . He shown lot of promise in Indian conditions . Anderson and Stuart Broad show the way how to bent their backs and place great line and length to destroy the Indian line up.
Indian's have a knack of creating a Hero from Zero. Here Mooen Ali has been the new hero capped by Indian batsmen. Always been told Indians are excellent players of spin now got the reality by third grade performance from the great Indian batting line up . I think at least know our arrogant captain Dhoni takes some tough stand and select a proper team which has a spine to face the rejuvenated English team,
Still search for quartet veterans like Tendulkar, Dravid ,Laxman, and Ganguly going on with Pujara, Kohli, Sharma ( no expectation) failed miserably .
