Buoyed by their Future Cup series victory against the formidable South Africans,
the Indian cricket team arrived here from Glasgow to commence the testing tour
of England that starts with a warm-up match against Sussex at Hove from July 7.
The team has been joined by senior players Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman and
opener Wasim Jaffer -- all of whom arrived here on Tuesday. Ishant Sharma
and Ranadeb Bose, the pace bowlers picked for the Test series, are already
with the squad.
India recorded their first-ever one-day series triumph against
the Proteas in the three-match series in Belfast. Their one-off tie against
Pakistan in Glasgow for the Friendship Cup, however, was washed out without
a ball being bowled.
Thanks to heavy rain and biting cold, the Indian experienced
some extremely difficult conditions in Belfast which will come in handy during
their tough tour of England.
"Our Belfast experience will help because you won't get
conditions worse than that. It was absolutely freezing and the conditions were
tough. I've never encountereed anything like this in my entire career. This
is something we are not used to, and experiencing that just before the series
against England is wonderful," remarked Sachin Tendulkar who completed
his 15,000 one-day runs in the Future Cup series.
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