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So far, three Tests have been played between the two teams in which India is leading 2-1.
Currently a five-match Test series is being played between India and England. So far, three Tests have been played between the two teams in which India is leading 2-1. England had won the first Test played in Hyderabad by 28 runs. However, the team had to face defeat in the second and third Tests played in Visakhapatnam and Rajkot.
In the third test played in Rajkot, India defeated England by 434 runs. England could score only 122 runs in the fourth innings of the third Test. It is very important for England to win the fourth Test to be played in Ranchi. The fourth test is starting from 23rd February. Before this match, former South African captain Graeme Smith has given great advice to the England team.
In his column for Insider, Graeme Smith wrote, ‘England has always had talent but the team is not looking at the game in a positive manner. England is thinking that they will have to play their own way in India and put pressure on the opposing team so that the hosts think too much and they have to face defeat.
It is a very long tour and winning the match against India at home is not going to be so easy. Not only this, it is also very difficult to stay in the field for a long time in this heat. It will be very important for you to play according to your gameplan with positive thinking. England has performed very well in this series so far and they will have to perform like this in the future. If India play like this in this series, it will be very difficult to chase against them.
It is very difficult to win away from home: Graeme Smith
The former South African captain further said, ‘Winning away from home tells the difference between a good team and the best team. It is not easy for any team to go and play at the other team’s home and that too in front of their own spectators and under such circumstances.
What we saw in the West Indies team of the 1970s and 80s was that wherever they went, they used to win matches. Not only this, the Australian team of the 1990s and 2000s also left its mark in the whole world. England will also have to do something similar.
