India Vs England - 7 Match ODI Series, an Overview

India must be relieved to complete this long Twin tour of Ireland and England. They must be thoroughly disappointed in loosing out the series 4-3.

For me, One major difference between the two teams was the way the two captains lead the teams. Collingwood was spot on with his field placings. His field placings was planned for each player. While dravid adopted the more conventional methods.
Dravid i felt made the following mistakes.
- After having won the toss on most of the ocassions, he failed to make the right decisions on whether to bat or bowl first on at least three occasions. When he was playing 5 Bowlers, he is a batsman short. under such circumstances he choose to chase targets than set one. This was a big mistake. However, in the last oneday, he choose to bat on an overcast conditions. It turned out to a belter of a pitch during the second innings. I feels, rather than understanding the ground realities, lots of external factors are playing a key role in decision making
- Another mistake is the persistence of Agarkar over RP Singh inspite of the former going over 6 an over in all the matches.
- I believe there were a few instances were the situation demanded Dhoni to be brought up the order. This could have been a surprise package.

One big plus point out of this whole series was the way the two spinners bowled. Especially Powar. He was ne er afraid to flight the ball and entice the batsman. This is where Chawla got carried away. On most of the occasion he either bowled flat or provided width to the batsman.
Six Wickets each to the spinners in a seven match series , does not speak of their efforts.
As the series progresses, the English began to read the two well.

This series goes to prove that , india is still totally dependent to one man "Sachin Tendulkar".
Yuvarj,Dhoni and Dravid had a very quite series by their standards. Dhoni doesn't seem to be the same care free guy he used to be when he first came into the international scene.

Now, Time to concentrate on the T20 World cup