Eng vs Ind | All eyes on team management's stand on Rahane and Ashwin as India eye improved show

The Oval track has traditionally helped spinners and therefore Ashwin might just bring in his 400 plus wicket experience to trouble the English batters who have been wary of him in the past

Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane's wretched form and senior off-spinner R. Ashwin's probable inclusion will have the most significant impact on the Indian team's efforts to move on from its Leeds debacle when it takes on a stronger England in the fourth Test at the Oval starting Thursday. The high of an inspirational victory at Lord's was followed by back-to-back batting debacles at Headingley and the penultimate game at The Oval would certainly have an impact on both sides as the series heads towards its business end. Skipper Virat Kohli had said that a victory at Lord's didn't guarantee a win in the next Test and a defeat at Headingley doesn't mean that an encore would happen at the Oval with the series locked at 1-1.