Cook & Co. can conquer the whole world

I think the success of this England team has been as much due to the incompetence of the Indian team as much due to their own competence and determination. I think they will struggle against other more competitive teams such as South Africa and Australia which will really come hard at them. Already Warne is getting to roll his arm one more time in the next Ashes series. Is the alarm BELL already ringing? Cheers! Ram

Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well yes u are absolutely right, the way the English team won depicts that they have learned how to play on sub continent conditions also. it is seen that most of the visiting teams have a very bad record on sub continental pitches and with this win, i am sure this team will do wonders in the future and moreover there are many good players in the team who are playing match winning knocks. What say?

Well it is not the England greatness here, I would say. Indian team was missing the likes of Laxman and Dravid in Indian condition. Indian openers were struggling for runs because of their poor form. When the start is worst then the middle order is always in pressure. Most of the players are coming to test cricket without good form. Especially Yuvaraj singh coming after cure from bad health. Pujura was promising in the first test and after that he was average. Dhoni, Kohli and Gambhir played small innings but not a big innings. This shows that these guys are used to smaller version rather than loner version of test cricket. Batting of Sachin was worst of all and they are many reasons for his bad form but truth is that he has played very badly expect one good innings and that too for lost cause. Why India lost to England is that Indian batting did not lived up to its mark. Reason's might be many, India losing test matches badly due to batting mostly. In India bowlers cannot do miracles, they can when they are in abroad but there bowlers were pathetic. Whatever BCCI and selectors have to sit together and select a team separately for tests. Captain too must be changed, it must be either given to Gambhir or Sehwag. Sehwag will be better option because his batting never is consistent and neither it will be in near future, so, captaincy burden is given to him. Gambhir, Dhoni, Kohli and Pujara must be more consistent with batting, without which India can never win matches. Coming to bowlers, India need to seriously look for more bowlers, present lot is tired and weak. Spinners are ok but pace attack looking very pathetic. SO, there is lot of scope for improvement for Team India. Coming to England they haven't yet conquered the spin attack of Pakistan. So, it is test for them against them. India was not well prepared for this series and I feel there is something wrong with coach because India never lost so badly against any team under the coaching of Gary Kirsten. There must be change in coach.

I agree with you. It was termed as a tough tour for England, but they overcome history, odds, first test wins and a good opposition lineup to win by 2-1. India on the other hand, could not maintain its winning tempo after first test at Ahmedabad, and got defeated in Mumbai and Kolkata test. Even in Nagpur, it was some good bowling, and knocks by Kohli and Dhoni that proved good for Indians. And yes, England seems to be in a good position to get and hold on to the number one position in test rankings.