Chris Woakes’s record is fantastic in Manchester.Image Credit Source: PTI
Manchester test: Team India is currently a challenge to make a comeback in the Test series. By winning the Edgbaston Test, the Indian team gained equal in the series, but after the Lord’s Test, England have gained again. Now the fourth Test match is to be played in Manchester and the Indian team will have to win here. But he has a challenge to deal with a bowler who has flopped in this series but his magic goes on in Manchester. These are the bowlers- Chris Woakes.
The fourth match of the Test series between India and England will be played at the Old Trafford ground in Manchester from 23 July. Before this match, where the host England team is currently on break, Team India has started their preparations in Bachenham. If Team India has to win or draw the series, then it will have to win this match. But he has a big challenge to deal with Chris Woakes.
Vox records in Manchester
Chris Woakes is not in good form in this series. The experienced fast bowler of England took only 7 wickets in the first 3 matches of the series. The condition of his bowling in these matches was so bad that he got this wicket at an average of 56 and a strike rate of 103. That is, he spent 56 runs for one wicket and he got one wicket in 103 balls.
But talking about bowling in Manchester, the magic of Vox would have been at a different level. On this historic ground, 36 -year -old English Pesar has taken 35 wickets in 7 matches with a strong average of 17.37. Not only this, he has got this wicket at a wonderful strike rate of 35.80. Overall, he is at number four in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets on this ground. Overall, Vox can create difficulties in Manchester for Team India.
Lack of experience in Team India
In such a situation, Team India will have to show its full strength on this ground. However, a lot will also depend on pitch and weather patterns, but Team India will have to be cautious here. A big challenge is that only Jadeja has played a Test match on this ground on behalf of Team India and he also played 11 years ago. After that Team India did not play any match in Manchester and in such a situation all the other players are inexperienced. This is the reason that Vox can prove to be even more dangerous.
