India will be on a long tour to England in the month of July in 2011. Being played so much cricket at Indian Subcontinent, this would be after long time India would be traveling overseas.

Considering England's recent form in ODIs, their rating has been higher than their level of performance. In Tests however its been a different bowl game. The Cardiff test match in 2009 Ashes and the Johannesburg test against South Africa have been exemplary performance which had them coming out of drumming to draw the match. England's mental toughness in test cricket has played a very important part in their resurgence after the whitewash in the 2007 Ashes. India led by their extremely dynamic captain Dhoni has been on a roll. They have recently beaten Australiain a test series at home in tests and they conquered the world cup by beating in-form teams like Australia, Pakistan and Srilanka. A successful English summer will further establish India's legacy in the world of cricket and they will be hoping that everything goes right for them.

England has recently been struggling with injuries and their side will be boosted by the return of their stars Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad. They will rely heavily on their top order and captain Andrew Strauss will have to play a huge part in order to ensure England's success. The Indians will bank on their frightening batting line up in order which contains the legendary Sachin Tendulkar and explosive players like Sehwag, Yuvraj and Dhoni. The presence of Dravid and Laxman in the test side will make them a formidable opponent. However, their traditional weakness against seam and swing bowling will be an area England will be looking to target. Another area that the English can exploit is the evident gap in the Indian bowling which has been carried by Zaheer and the spin bowlers over the years. In a gist, India has a better side and England will really have to bring in their A game to challenge them.

Indian Squad : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain & wk), Gautam Gambhir (vice Capt), Virender Sehwag, Abhivan Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Wriddhiman Saha (wk)