By: Tarish Bhatt
In Test cricket, James Anderson is England’s go-to man and leader of the pack. He was the England team’s member that helped his side in a series win over India, when the Three Lions last toured India in 2012-13.
Anderson, however, is injured and is unlikely to feature in the series opener in Rajkot. But, England’s bowling spearhead is likely to come back into the squad after gaining full fitness.
Despite being England’s frontline seamer, he might not have make into the England team, had former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly captaining the Three Lions.
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“I wouldn’t play him (Anderson) in India to be honest. It’s not the same Anderson as 2012,” Ganguly said. “I saw him in the Test series in England recently. He has lost a bit of pace.”
“And I think Stuart Broad and Steven Finn and Ben Stokes (will be more effective) because you will need a bit of pace in these conditions to get that ball to reverse. So I don’t know whether he will make the side when he comes back.”
“Not in Vizag (Visakhapatnam) where the ball will turn square,” the former Indian captain said.
