Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly return to bolster the batting as India
look forward to a morale-boosting performance against England Lions in
the three-day final warm up game starting here tomorrow.
Both Ganguly and Tendulkar were rested from the tour opener against English County
Champions Sussex that saw the Indians fail to break the county team's last wicket
partnership and clinch victory.
While India did finish the match on a bright note, their inability to clean
up the lower order in either innings should be a cause for worry. The same can
be said about the batsmen as well as they struggled against some impressive
pace bowling on the final day.
Thus the return of old guards in Tendulkar and Ganguly gives a much solid look
to the Indian batting.
The Indians are keen to play their top six batsmen here and hope that they
have a good workout ahead of the first Test, beginning at Lord's from July 19.
In the bowling department, Zaheer Khan is set to come back to the playing
eleven while young Ishant Sharma will be given an opportunity to showcase
his skills.
After a good opening day against Sussex, where the Indian batsmen flexed their
muscles, the home team bowlers bounced back splendidly on the final day as they
made life difficult for the batsmen.
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