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India vs England on November 9

India host England in the first of the five-match Test series in Rajkot from 9 November. The primary agenda for Virat Kohli's men in the upcoming Test series would be to improve their record against the Englishmen. While India have had positive results against top Test sides Australia, South Africa and New Zealand in the recent past, Cook's men have been a tough nut to crack. England did the impossible in 2012 on their tour to India by beating the hosts 2-1 in a four-match series and are still the only side to have beaten the Asian giants at home in the last 12 years. However, Kohli's Team India are heading into the Rajkot Test on the back a dominant performance against New Zealand, which saw the visitors being whitewashed 3-0. Meanwhile, England's weakness against spin was exposed even before they landed in India. Cook's men suffered their first Test defeat in Bangladesh after their batsmen were found wanting against 19-year-old spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz, who finished the two-match series with 19 wickets. England batting unit will depend on skipper Cook and Joe Root to stand up against the Indian attack. Also, their spinners will look to exploit Indian batsmen's weakness against spin, which Moeen Ali beautifully exposed in their home series in 2014.

·         Best economical pick – England are a very strong test side and they have some really good players in their side as well. They have some really good players in the form of Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Johny Bairstow and the skipper Joe Root as well. Johny Bairstow can prove handy for his side and don’t forget he is the leading run scorer in 2016.

·         Top captains & vice captains – The Indian spin twin Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja continued to bamboozle opposition batsmen at home picking up 41 wickets in the last three-Test series against New Zealand.

·       Smart pick – Virat Kohli is the skipper with a lot of aggression under his belt and he is known as Captain Fearless as well. He can really put the England side in crisis, both with his batting and with his captaincy skills as well. He will be the key main for his side and if the Indian team wants to win this match then this man has to perform well.

·         Cautions Pick – Alaistar Cook have looked out of sorts in the test series against Bangladesh, which has hampered England chances of giving a solid platform for the rest of the middle order. His failures have ensured that the responsibility of putting up runs is on the shoulders of Joe Root and Johny Bairstow.

·         My XI – R Ashwin (Captain), R Jadeja (Vice-Captain), Virat Kohli, Johny Bairstow, Ben Duckett, Ajinkya Rahane, Gareth Batty, Ishant Sharma, Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Shami