Finally a win for England cruises India in T20

England defeated India with 6 wickets in the only T20 played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday. Finally English team managed to win their first game of the tour and return home with some pride after losing one-day series with 5-0.

The ICC world Twenty-20 champions, England will remain No.1 in T-20 rankings with this win. The match between England and India were played as their fight for supremacy, where England has the final laugh. The English team looked more comfort in their last outing in India as their bowling looked impressive where fielding also backing bowlers seemed more destructive and then batsmen completed a comprehensive win.

India 120/9 20 Overs (Raina 39 and Finn 3/22, Bopara 2/16)

England 121/4 18.4 Overs (Pirtersen 53 and R Jadeja & Raina 1/9)

Man of the Match – Kevin Pietersen 53

Earlier, India won the toss and decided to bat first but England bowlers showed much improved performance as both the openers Uthappa (1) and Rahane (0) dismissed cheaply by Bresnan and Finn. While Kohli (15) and Raina (31) studied the innings but its not long as Kohli was caught out in the deep and when Raina looked scoring freely was dislodged. Indian s kipper MS Dhoni seemed struggling to hit the ball he hit a boundary in last over and Yusuf who was known as powerful hitter never seemed to hit the ball, they were deceived by slow bowls by English pacers.

Later England chased down the target of 121 with out any difficult, openers Hales (11) and Kieswetter (12) were dismissed early but Pirtersen (53) ensured England win along with all-rounder S Patel (21).

Kevin Pietersen was dropped on one by Raina and India paid price for missing the catch as he hit 5 - fours and 3 – sixes and played crucial role in England win. India started bowling with Yususf and continued with Jadeja, Ashwin where Kohli and Raina also chipped in with some overs and even looked impressive with a wicket each expect for  Ashwin. But pacers were bowled only 3 overs in 18.4, if the main strike bowlers were not need to bowl then what is the use of them in the line-up?

Robin Uthappa keen to perform for India

One of the India’s dashing opener Robin Uthappa, who has been recalled to Indian side for a Twenty-20 match against England on Oct 29, 2011 at Eden Gardens. Uthappa has last played for India three years back and the Karnataka lad is keen to perform as an opener.

Robin Uthappa expressed his desire to open the innings for India and go all guns blazing against the world No 1 England in the one-off T20 International here at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. Uthappa said that in T20 player need to be flexible to play any position, but he prefers to open the batting as he really enjoys the role and almost made it was sure that he will be open the Batting for India.

The right handed batsmen added that it was one of the opportunities to go out there in the middle and prove his ability by performing. Uthappa has played crucial role in India’s inaugural World Twenty20 triumph in 2007 was out of the team after some disastrous performances. Later there was no space for him to get into the side as there is plenty of competition as Indian team many options in batting department.

The right handed batsman has been performing well on consistent basis as he scored three back-to-back centuries. One in domestic T20 for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and 132 for India Green in the Challengers Cup has confirmed his return to Indian team. Uthappa said past few years he worked hard to perform more consistent and to play his natural game. Uthappa said that he worked hard on many things he realized that he need to play his natural game and express himself as a batsmen, when he was dropped out.

Uthappa played his last T20 International against Australia in February 2008. 

India whitewash England, wraps ODI series 5-0

World Champions India completes England series with 5–0 by winning their final and 5th ODI at Eden Garden, Kolkata. India cruses past England once aging in one-day series, as they won 5th ODI of Ind vs. Eng by a margin of 95 runs to clean sweep the series with 5-0.

India 271/8 50 Overs (Dhoni 75*, Rahane 42 and S Patel 3/57, Finn 2/47)

England 176/10 37 Overs (Kieswetter 63, Cook 60 and R Jadeja 4/33 Ashwin 3/28)

Man of the Match – R Jadeja 21 (21) & 4/33 (8)

Man of the Series – MS Dhoni for 212 runs with 2 half centuries, highest score of 87* in this series

Indian captain MS Dhoni set the tone with his powerful hitting at the end of the innings with 75* off 69 balls with 4 sixes to boost India’s total to 271/8. As England skipper Alastair Cook sent in hosts to bat first at Eden Gardens on Oct 25. Spinners made it sure that India completes revenge series with 5-0, as left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja clinched 4 wicket haul and Ashwin claims 3 for as England were all out for  176 in 37 overs form 129/0.

India made a steady start to innings as Gambhir (38) and Rahane (42) put-on 80 run stand for first wicket, but there after India lost wickets in cluster of top 3. In-form Virat Kohli (0) went back to pavilion without scoring, new comer Monaj Tiwary (21) along with Suresh Raina (38) consolidated Indian inning with 43 run stand. Then it’s Dhoni part to be finish the innings as he was there right till the end playing the bowlers around for singles and rotating the strike with tail enders. Dhoni hit 4 massive sixes in last few overs, Praveen also chipped in with a six and four India imposed a powerful total of 272 to chase.

England was cursing to chase down the Indias’ target of 272 as their openers Cook (60) and Kieswetter (63) provided them very good start. England were 129/0 at 20 over mark but all of sudden they kept losing wickets as they were bowled out for 176 by 37 overs. Fast bowler Varun Aaron triggered the collapse by cleaning up Cook with a beauty, while Kieswetter was trapped in-front to Jadeja. Then spinners dictated the terms for Team India and part-timers Raina and Tiwary also chipped in with a wicket each.

India whitewashed England after disastrous tour of England in July-September, where India lost test series with 4-0 and also lose the world No.1 ranking and went on to lose one day series as well with 3-0. India won the home series with England despite the absence of seven star players, who part of Team India’s World Cup winning squad. India have been victorious 16 of 18 one-days played against England at home, losing one game and tying the other during the World Cup earlier this year.

England will final go at India in their only twenty-20 before returning back home at the same venue, Eden Garden, Kolkata on October 29, 2011 at 17:30 IST.

Raina and Kohli takes India to 4-0 lead

India makes it 4-0 as the England team failed one again in the ongoing series. India won the 4th ODI with comprehensive 6 wickets at Mumbai on Oct 23. Where the host extends their lead to 4-0 and will be aiming to clean the series with 5-0. 

England 220/10 46.1 Overs (Bresnan 45 and Kevin Pietersen 41, Varun Aaron 3/24)

India 300/5 49.2 Overs (V Kohli 86* and Raina 80)

Man of the Match – Suresh Raina 80 (62)

Suresh Raina’s aggressive 80 from 60 balls and Virat Kohli’s well paced innings of aggression and clam 86* guided India to yet another win the series. Kohli and Raina recued the Indian innings as they were 46/3 when they started together and Team India was in all sorts of trouble losing all the top 3 and Raina, who is finding it hard to hit the into gaps in the series joined the party with man in form, Virat Kohli.

Earlier England won the toss and elected to bat, Craig Kieswetter started counter attack to Indian pacers but both the openers felt back-to-back delivers from Ashwin and P Kumar.  Pietersen and Trott then rescued the England innings adding 73 runs. Vinay Kumar broke the partnership and then spinners showed act by cleaning up the middle order of England and new debutant Varun Aaron was impressive with his pace rattled the tail enders.

In reply, India got off to a sloppy start as they lost three wickets with just 46 runs on the board.  Parthiv Patel and Gautam Gambhir were cleaned up by Finn, while Rahane was brilliant catch by Kieswetter. But the Raina and Kohli pace their innings very well rotating the strike early in their innings and putting the bad balls to boundaries. Soon both the batsmen completed their half-centuries from 65 (Kohli) and 50 (Raina) deliveries respectively.

Then Raina shifted the gears and clobbered the English pace attack to all parts of the ground but perished to Finn. Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni made sure India didn’t lose any further wicket and guided India to a comprehensive 6 wicket win.

India will play their final and 5th ODI against England at Eden Gardens on October 25, 2011.

India wraps-up series win against England in 3rd ODI

World Champions India wraps-up series as they won 3rd ODI against England at Mohali on Thursday, thereby India has won the 5-match series with still two games to play and take 3-0 lead. Batting first the tourist piled a good score of 298/4 and India needed 300 runs to win the match and also to complete the series win.

England 298/4 50 Overs  (Trott 98*, S Patel 70* and Kevin Pietersen 64)

India 300/5 49.2 Overs (A Rahane 91, Gambhir 58 and Dhoni 35*)

Man of the Match - A Rahane 91 (104)

India into the field cahsing a stiff total of 299, their openers P Patel 38 (46) and A Rahane 91 (104) started the proceeding exactly the way India wanted too. They scored runs very quickly as they recored first half century stand in the series, Parthiv was the first man to go at 79. While Gambhir 58 (60) took of the responsablity os scoring at quick pace as Rahane passed his innings very well but unfortunate for him to get out on 90’s.

However, India were in a state of bother where they lost two quick wickets in their batting power play as Raina deapated without scoring a single run. The in-form batsmen V Kohli 35 (42) played his part but failed to finish off the things. But, it’s the Indian Skipper MS Dhoni 35* (31) along with R Jadeja 26 (24) sealed the victory to India. 

Earlier, England had pretty dull start to their innings and their captain A Cook 3 (13) was dismissed early in the innings. But Kieswetter 36 (53) along with Trott 98 (107) repaired the England innings; Trott was there up the end of the innings, later K Pietersen took the attack to India scoring at brisk pace. And it was Samit patel 70 (43), who took on the Indian bowlers and his cameo guided England to put on  a huge total. 

The game well belongs to batsmen but the not the bowler, Indian Bowlers looked ordinary. Indian struggled with their bowlers in the summer of England; they need to perform if Team India has to win reaming two games convincingly. England got almost everything right well on track for their first win of India’s tour, only thing England need to improve is their fielding, they need to take catches if they have win.

India Vs England 4th ODI will be played on Oct 23, Sunday at Mumbai.

S Patel: England will continue sledging

England left-arm spinner Samit Patel has said his teammates are well determined and will continue sledging against the Indians to get them out of their comfort zone.

England is on other side of the coin after being victorious against India in all the formats in their home soil, and now it’s the turn England to face the same the treatment to tourist, as England has up came against two humiliating loses against India in their first two ODIs. England was the one which is dominating the terms on their home soil and now India once again proves they were unbeatable on their home soil, as Indians outplayed England in all the departments.

Patel said the Indians are well aware of being whitewashed in England in all the formats is badly hurting them, and they want to prove their dominance of the game on home soil. He explained the reasons, why several England fielders launched a verbal war against batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli during the second one-day international. They will be carrying the verbal war with Indian players in an attempt to get the Indians out of their comfort zone.

England's strategy proved costly in Delhi as India stormed to their second crushing win of the series, with Kohli making a brilliant century in a 209-run record third-wicket partnership with Gambhir. He added that sledging was carried on from back home from England to India, and they were sure English team will be happy to get out of the blocks.

India team unchanged for remaining England ODIs

The Indian selectors named an unchanged squad for the remaining three ODIs against England. The Kris Srikanth led selection committee went with the winning team for the next 3 ODIs and the lone T20 against England. The BCCI selection committee thought it is not necessary to make any changes to the Indian team, which has won the first two ODIs in a convincing fashion against England.

Harbhajan Singh was ignored once again by the selection committee, where they included hard hitting batsmen Robin Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan for the one off Twenty20 International. While Parthiv Patel and Gautam Gambhir were left out of T-20 squad, Gambhir is scheduled to get married this November and decided to skip the T20.

Robin Uthappa played his last international match for India more than three years ago against Sri Lanka in Karachi. He has played 38 ODIs and nine T20 internationals for India. His strong battings performance in the domestic circuit, and most recently his knocks of 56 and 132 for India Green in NKP Salve Challenger Series in Nagpur that has helped him make a comeback in the squad. As Gambhir will be not available Uthappa has a chance to open batting for India, where he is most destructive.

  

ODI squad: MS Dhoni (c and w/k), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Sharma, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Sreenath Aravind, R Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav.

T20 squad: MS Dhoni (c and w/k), Robin Uthappa, Yusuf Pathan, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Sharma, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Sreenath Aravind, R Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav.

Ind Vs Eng 1st ODI: India ends losing streak!

India ends their losing mania in the 1st One-day match of 5-match series on Friday, October 14, 2011 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. India won the first ODI with a massive 126 runs and go ahead 1-0 up the series. 

India’s’ win against England was the second largest as per runs margin. England got a taste of the Indian conditions here on Friday, as England failed on the spinng sub-continent tracks and bit wavered due to hot climatic conditions. India started the series with resounding wing and there by Indians overcome the disaster summer of England where they ended up losing entire Tests, ODIs and only T20.

MS Dhoni got his Helicopter short back!!!!

India scored 300/7 batting first as skipper Ms Dhoni 87* of 70 0balls, the high scorer in the Indian innings along with Suresh Raina 61. However, the initial start to the innings was provided by Gambhir 32 and Kholi 37, and finishing work done by R Jadeja 27, but likes of Rahane struggled to score runs quickly sfinally, Indian innings to reach 300 mark. Indian innings started steadily but took turnaround in the batting powerplay Dhoni and Raina got the full value to their shorts. It’s nice to see Dhoni playing his ‘Helicopter short’. 

England were bowled out for 174, skipper A Cook 60 was the highest score by any English batsmen. Indian spinners, R Jadeja (3/35) and R Ashin (3/34) did great job by picking up quick wickets in no time. Speedster Umesh Yadav too enjoyed some cheap wickets in the end to end up with figures of 2/32. As Praven swung new ball both ways, he usually did got the initial break by dismissing Kieswetter early in the innings. Finally, Indians got the things right as everything went their way.

The second match of the 5-match ODI series will be played at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla on October 17, 2011.

Will India complete their vengeance on England?

India has just finished off disappointing England summer where, they ended up losing Test series 4-0, 5-match one-day series to 3-0 and lost only T20.

England will be touring India for 5 ODI’s and only T20 which is scheduled from October 14, however, Indian team which suffered plenty injuries in the England series. There many key players in the injury list, Indian spearhead Zaheer Khan pulled hamstring injury later turned out to ankle injury, which indeed required surgery.

Team India will be desperate to win against England

Indian main strength was their demolishing batting attack for past decade has also lost the key players as the top order has topped the injuries as their openers Virender Sehwag was out due to shoulder injury, while his partner Gautam Gambhir, has faced continuous blows in the Test series and ruled out of one-day internationals. Little master, Sachin Tendulkar has failed to reach his 100th ton was later ruled out of ODI’s due to toe injury.

The young talent Rohit Sharama who impressed in practise matches played only one ball and fractured his finger, eventually ruled out the series. Yuvraj Singh was also initial part of Indian squad but injury taken him out of the series.

Team India, pacers has least to talk about them as none of them failed to create an impression except Praveen Kumar, who swung the new ball very well. Ishant Sharma has bowled his heart out, also injured himself and made unavailable for ODI series and also misses upcoming England series and decided to undergo surgery after India’s tour of Australia later this December.

Earlier Indian squad for first two ODI’s have been announced, leaving Harbhajan Singh in the 15 member squad. Gambhir will be key in the Indian batting line up to held the innings at one end as stroke makers MS Dhoni and Raina can play their natural game, while Rahane retained his place. Has the Indian bowling line-up can rattle England in-form batsmen, or it will be Indian strong batting order to do the job of Team India.

Ashish Nehra: deeply hurt over non-inclusion

Ashish Nehra, left-arm fast bowler has said that he was deeply hurt after being left out India's squad for the first two ODIs against England. Nehra missed out World Cup final with a broken finger, and since he has been out of action. However, he has declared himself fit and resumed training, and said that he has submitted the his- fitness certificate too.

Delhi pacer said that he still don't know where exactly wnet worng in the selection, after being India's highest wicket-taker in ODIs since his comeback in 2009. Also, till the Pakistan match in which he was fractured his finger, didn't have any major injury issues. Since his comeback, Nehra has been MS Dhoni's main weapon to break partnerships in the absence of Zhaeer.

Nehra said that please check the records, which India bowler has bowled maximum number of overs at the death for last two years. Although, he was well-known for his recurring injuries, Nehra enjoyed a fairly consistent run in the team for two years after his comeback. Nehra injured his finger attempting a low catch from Misbah-ul-Haq in the World Cup semi-final.

The World Cup semi-final against Pakistan, in which Nehra bowled 10 overs for 33 runs and 2 wickets. He fractured the bones of his right fingers in five places and subsequently had to have surgery in Australia that required bone grafts and parts of bone were taken from his wrist and grafted onto his fingers.

He skipped the IPL due to the injury, and was not picked for the ODIs against England in September. Now, if he don't have an option, he might have to pick and choose and play Ranji Trophy. If the board allows it, Nehra can go and play in the Big Bash of Australia's domestic Twenty20 or Pro-40 of South Africa's 40-over competition.

Harbhajan ignored for first two ODIs Vs England

Harbhajan ignored for first two ODI's

Harbhajan Singh was ignored in the ODIs against England while the youngsters Sreenath Aravind and Rahul Sharma were present in the 15-man squad for the first two ODIs against England.

Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma were not picked in the Indian squad because of their injuries.

The 15-man squad for the first two games of the five-match ODI series against England will be played in Hyderabad on October 14, New Delhi on October 17 and the remaining matches will be held in Mohali (Oct 20), Mumbai (Oct 23) and Kolkata (Oct 25). The Indian players will be picked under Kris Srikanth in Chennai.

Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel are back to their places while Manoj Tiwary got place in final 15 and Ajinkya Rahane are also in the game as they impressed all with their performance in England. In the Indian team Ravindra Jadeja was only the all-rounder.

Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel were out of the game due to injuries while Praveen Kumar was present in the game. R Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron also present in the game.

The selectors in Chennai decided not to pick Ashish Nehra as he himself declared fit. When coming to the spin department anyway Harbhajan was ignored R.Ashwin occupied the place as the main off-spinner and Rahul Sharma was the Leg-spinner as he proved himself brilliantly in the IPL 2011.

Indian Squad: MS Dhoni (capt and w/k), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Sharma, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Sreenath Aravind, R Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav.

England squad announced for India's tour

The England selectors announce 15-man squad for the forthcoming tour of India. England will be in four weeks and is scheduled to play 5 One-Day Internationals and 1 Twenty20 game against India. Kevin Pietersen made his come back to one-day side and the squad also features an uncapped player from Surrey, Stuart Meaker. James Anderson has been rested and Jade Dernbach retained his place.

KP got place in 15-member squad

The 15-member England squad includes Durham's Scott Borthwick and Warwickshire all-rounder Chris Woakes, while Ben Stokes has not been selected in order to undergo a rehabilitation programme on a finger injury. England made few changes for only Twenty20 international two players joins the squad, Jos Buttler (Somerset) and Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire) on October 29.

England National selector, Geoff Miller, said that the 15-memeber squad is well balanced with exciting and experienced international cricketers along with some very talented younger players A number of injuries and a decision to omit James Anderson in line with their policy of sensibly managing player workloads and also at the same time giving opportunities for other very talented players to continue to develop as international cricketers. They had a promising One-Day series win over India earlier this month and this squad will be looking forward to the challenge the India in its homeward as well.

England T-20 captain Stuart Broad, who is undergoing a period of rehabilitation for a shoulder injury, however Broad will join the squad if he completes his rehabilitation process. Graeme Swann will lead the Twenty20 side in the absences of Stuart Broad.

England ODI squad:

Alastair Cook (c), Jonathan Bairstow, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Scott Borthwick, Tim Bresnan, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Stuart Meaker, Samit Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes

Jos Buttlerand and Alex Hales joins the squad for only T20 fixture games.         

England Schedule:

Date	Match Details	Timings (IST)	Venue
Oct 14, Friday	Ind Vs Eng, 1st ODI	14:30, D/N	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Oct 17, Monday	Ind Vs Eng, 2nd ODI	14:30, D/N	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Oct 20, Thursday	Ind Vs Eng, 3rd ODI	14:30, D/N	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh
Oct 23, Sunday	Ind Vs Eng, 4th ODI	14:30, D/N	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Oct 26, Wednesday	Ind Vs Eng, 5th ODI	14:30, D/N	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Oct 29, Saturday	Ind Vs Eng, only T-20	20:00, D/N	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

England clinches series, 4th ODI ended in a tie

England has completed the series victory as the 4th ODI against India in the NatWest trophy was ended in a tied as the D/L method rain forced the players off the field with 7 balls remaining. England lead the 5 match series with 2-0 and only one more game remaining in the series. 

Rain might have denied the hopes of Indian team first win of the England tour. The inclement weather has interrupted the match in twice where once the touring team was in favor to win the game and the other time it was the England was ahead as D/L method. Finally the match was abounded due to rain and match was ended in a tie with 7 balls reaming and England need 11 runs where India need one 1 wicket as Broad was injured, both teams was sure of winning the game.

England win series 2-0, Lord's ODI tied

India batting first posed a powerful total of 280/5 in 50 overs, openers has a streaky start specially Rahane (38) was very tentative in the start. He managed to stay at the crease and hit some convincing and unconvincing strokes soon he perished to Broad followed by Patel (27), R Dravid (19) and V Kholi (19). Then skipper MS Dhoni (76) and S Raina (84) has set the tone to Indian innings last 10 overs were the pair too attack to the opposition. 

England come out to bat chasing 281 runs to win lost their live wire Kieswetter (12) and later their captain Cook (12) both gone in the bowling of RP Singh. Ian Bell (54) and Ravi Bopara (96) have put the lid fall of wickets and both completed their half centuries. Bopara has almost won the game for England has perished right at the last ball of the match. There is a lot of drama on the field in last 10 overs of England innings, India lucky managed with a tie by picking up 2 wickets in 2 balls. Suresh Raina and Ravi Bopara both share the Man of the Match trophy for their spectacular innings.

India in-search for first win of England tour

Indian team is in-search for their win of England tour as they lost test series with 4-0, only T20 and also on their way loose one day international series. England the lead the series with 2-0 in 5 match series where the 2nd ODI was washed off due to rain. India and England will be playing their 4th ODI at Lords on Sunday, Sep 11, 2011 at 14:45 IST.

India team has gone through two rough months without winning an international win in their last two months. Indai not only the games but also lost their main eight players to injuries, many others have lost form. Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Kahn, S Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma meanwhile Suresh Raina finding difficult to find his touch same with MS Dhoni. 

India team has lost their No.1 crown is gone, the Twenty20 international was lost, and now they can't even win the ODI series. There are only two positives for team India is Rahul Dravid's Man-of-the-Series award in Tests and Ravindra Jadeja's Man-of-the-Match from 3rd ODI.

England has continued their good form Tests to ODI’s their bowling has been main strength and their deep batting line-up with athletic fielding skills has made all the differences form the touring team. England will be going into the match without any changed while India will be thinking to change their final eleven as pacer Varun Arora get a chance to represent for team India.

Eoin Morgan will miss India tour, will undergo surgery

England's middle order batsman Eoin Morgan will undergo shoulder surgery which rules him out of ongoing ODI series against India. England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed the news that Morgan will be out of action for 3 months after he undergoes surgery. Specialist said that Morgan right shoulder needs to be operated. 

England is playing 5-match one-day series against India at home. Later, England will tour India for 5 ODIs and 1T20 starting in October. The Irish batsmen will miss the England tour of India. ECB medical officer Nick Peirce said that they have managed the injury with a conservative program but still Eoin Morgan has reached the stage where surgery is most appropriate progression of his treatment

The operation to his right shoulder will undertake a rehab process of approximately 12 weeks. The recovery period is anticipated to see him return to full fitness ahead of England's tour of the UAE commencing in January. Morgan is England's Twenty20 vice-captain, he also led England to victory against his native Ireland in a one-off ODI last month.

India's losing streak continues in England

England held their nerve, where they pulled out another victory and go 2 -0 up in the 5-match ODI series. India is still desperate for their first win on England tour. 

England won the 3rd ODI by three wickets where the D/L method came into action as the game was affected by rain. After a rain delay revised their target to 218 in 43 overs here at the Oval on Friday. 

England won the toss and send India to bat first. India had bad as they lost their inform batsman Ajinkya Rahane (0) in the first over soon after Indians flattened to 13/3. Suresh Raina (21) looked solid until he played a poor short. Then Indian skipper MS Dhoni (69) and Ravindra Jadeja (78) had rescued the Indian innings, however R Ashwin fired in quick 36 from 19 balls to impose fighting total of 234/7 in 50 overs.

Jimmy Andreson did all the damage to Indian batsmen at the top with his excellent out swingers. 

England opening pair Alastair Cook and Craig Kieswetter went at a brisk pace scoring run a ball, Kieswetter (51) provide the start England looking for all the batsmen were chipped in with some runs but it England depth in batting line up where Tim Bresnan (28) and Ravi Bopara (40) came to their rescued the England win. Staurt Broad and grame Swann completed the win and secure 2 -0 lead in the series. 

Indian spinners Jadeja and Ashwin took 2 and 3 wickets respectively and they got control on the game. Munaf Patel provided first break through other than that Praveen Kumar and RP Singh find their life difficult.

India Vs England 4th ODI played at Lord's on Sep 11, 2011 14:45 IST. 

Will India register their first win of England Tour?

The World Champions has not been to their best of forms in the England series, where they lost test series 4-0, only T20 played and lost in the 2nd ODI.

However, India has spend more than 50 days without any in international circuit. India has slight upper hand in the 1st ODI, but rain ruined the hopes of India's first win after World Cup 2011. India is missing their top players in the final eleven due to injuries.  The newcomer Ajinkya Rahane in great touch and other opener Parthiv is also seem to fit for the job. Moreover, Indian seemers finding all difficult and they need to come good, if India has pull a win!

Nothing need to be taken away from the England, they are one of the best teams in the present international circuit. 

Indian players need to concentrate more to representing India, but they are keen to take risk their future for IPL.