According to England skipper Indian team are favourites to win the series
England skipper Alastair Cook
Bristol: England skipper Alastair Cook started playing mind games as he said that a change of format will certainly help the Indian team terming them favourites in the five-match ODI series starting in Bristol on Monday.
“A change of format will obviously do them good. It’s not quite the same ground-hog day for them probably,” the sarcasm in Cook’s statement was not lost as he referred to India’s woeful show in the last three Tests of the recently concluded series.
“We’ve got to remember they’re world champions at 50-overs, so they obviously know what they’re doing and will probably go into this as favourites. But if we play well, we’re hard to beat in our conditions,” Cook said on the eve of the first one-dayer.
Meanwhile, for England, the ODI World Cup in Australia-New Zealand comes into focus as this is their last engagement at home before the quadrennial tournament.
“It depends on how the next few months go,” said Cook, referring to that event in February-March 2015.
“We’ve got a good chance because of the conditions we’ll be playing in. It’s not sub-continental conditions, where we find it hard because we don’t play so much there. It’s quite similar to English conditions. So we’ve got a very good chance,” the confident skipper said.
( Source : PTI )
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