IND vs ENG Test | Rohit’s men out to maintain enviable record as Bazball faces its biggest test

The much-anticipated Test series between England and India begins in Hyderabad, with England's attacking batters facing India's potent spin attack.

During five manic weeks of the English summer of 2022, Test cricket was turned on its head by a maverick coach-captain duo.

Four Tests were won, back-to-back, by chasing targets ranging from 277 to 378, at run-rates ranging from 3.53 to 5.98.

Bazball had arrived. And Bazball has survived.

The next seven weeks, however, will tell us how this fearless brand of cricket conceptualised and executed by Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes could cope up with its biggest challenge yet: the tour of India.

The Indians haven’t lost a Test series at home since 2012. They have, in fact, won 16 successive home series after that. In the 44 Tests that they hosted, they won 36 and lost just three.

They must be hoping to maintain that enviable record as they take on England in the five-match series. The first Test gets underway at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Thursday.

This is indeed a much-anticipated series between two teams that have played some excellent Test cricket in recent times. The entire cricket world must be curious to find out how the relentlessly attacking England batters will deal with India’s potent spin attack on – what could very well be – turning tracks.