India vs England T20 Super 8 Game - Preview and Live Score

Ground Reality The ground has proved to a good one for Twenty20 matches so far, with some big scores on it, but also a chance for the bowlers that bend their back, or are crafty enough. The day's forecast is for mostly sunny weather. The Teams: England might have to contend with the novel sensation of more support for the opposition at the home of English cricket, such is the level of support India has garnered at the tournament. India: Billed as one of the pre-tournament favourites, the wheels have come a little unstuck for Dhoni's boys. They are now in a situation where they have to win their remaining two matches to have a realistic chance of making the semi-finals, but only winning might not be enough, and Net Run Rates might come into play. However, India shouldn't make the mistake of trying to win big in an effort to make their NRR safe. The more sensible tactic would be to stick to their basics and back themselves, since they undoubtedly have the talent to win. If they ensure they get the simple things right, a win would follow naturally. Also they need to stop the senseless experimentation with the batting order, with Dhoni promoting himself at the expense of Raina or Yuvraj. The result was plain to see against the West Indies when Raina came out at No.3 for the first time. The conditions were testing, and he might have failed anyway, but if he had had match-practice in the earlier matches, there is a greater chance he would have succeeded. England: They kept their tournament alive by winning convincingly against Pakistan when it was a do or die situation for them, and they must now aim to repeat that against Pakistan's arch-rivals. They have not inspired confidence so far, in spite of the win against Pakistan, and will have to pick up their game if they are to put it across India. Any team that needs to resort to the sort of gimmicks that Stuart Broad indulged in to get an advantage while bowling is in some trouble, since if the bowling had been good enough in the first place, these sort of antics wouldn't be necessary. Their batting relies on Pietersen to fire, so that the other batsmen can bat around him, but in the matches he has failed, the rest of the team has looked a little lost. Their situation with Net Run Rates is almost identical to India's, with theirs being a marginally less than India's. Numbers Game: 166.51 - Yuvraj Singh's strike rate in T20 Internationals, which is the highest by an Indian batsman, with a minimum of 100 runs. Zero - The number of England batsmen who have a strike rate of more than 150 (min. 100 runs) in T20 Internationals. The highest strike rate that an English batsman has is 143.49 by Kevin Pietersen. Soundbytes: "It's going to be an exciting game. They have a good side but I think they will be under pressure because it's home ground for them. Hopefully we would not collapse against and put a big score on the board" - Dhoni "It has been a roller-coaster ride so far. We need to go out there against India and get our confidence going" - Paul Collingwood Teams: India (From): Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja England (From): Ravinder Bopara, Luke Wright, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood(c), Dimitri Mascarenhas, James Foster(w), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, Adil Rashid, James Anderson, Robert Key, Ryan Sidebottom, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier

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