I disagree. The Indian bowling lineup consists of bowlers like Bumrah and Chahal who are some of the best bowlers in the world and fielders like Jadeja who are as good as Jonty Rhodes.
Did you watch the India vs Bangladesh warm up match right after their NZ match? They destroyed Bangladesh who won against SA recently. Rooting for India all the way!
I usually only consider India's performance against big teams like Aus, Eng and SL and their performance has not been upto the mark in foreign land. When they played in the 2011 world cup, their track record was much much better.
The Ind vs Ban match as well shows the openers are not doing a good job which makes the entire team depend on their middle overs and get a good score and partnership. While Ban team has good openers who do perform consistently. And this is cricket where anything can happen anytime. Just hope that the openers perform well and don't lose their wickets in the first 10 overs atleast.
The problem for the Indian batsmen is that historically they have performed poorly in English pitches. Virat Kohli is the only batsmen who is not affected by this. He remains in top form, irrespective of the playing conditions. But he needs support from the others. I am especially concerned about the openers. They have shown poor form during the warm-up matches.
You wrote my mid. Rohit and Dhawan are not performing well so I am really scared that they keep putting pressure on Kohli, Rahul and Dhoni which is not a good thing. If they keep losing their wickets, it's not possible that the team always manages to cover up for their mistakes.
When teams like Ban, SL and Afghanistan do well, people just praise them but actually they are winning on the other team's mistakes. Doesn't mean the other team have poor players. Our fielding also has never been great which can hurt us in these matches.
