A day after India hammered England by 203 runs, Harbhajan Singh has said that the hosts are not comfortable against spin, seam, or movement. The off-spinner also backed Virat Kohli's team to clinch the series as he believes that hosts have far too many problems to deal with.
"The English batting line-up looks more problematic than the Indian batting at the moment. They are playing as if they are touring India, and not the other way round," Harbhajan was as quoted by Press Trust of India.
Harbhajan even questioned the selection process and said that the batsmen average in 30s and do not appear confident to be successful at the Test level.
'Their batting has not done much'
"Some of their first-choice batsmen have an ordinary record in domestic cricket, averaging 30-35 at best. In India, you have to average over 50 to be even considered. They have good depth in ODI cricket, but in Tests, their batting has not done much," he further added.
The offie said that the Indian team faced way too much backlash after going 2-0 down at Lord's and believed that after the third Test, the series is now wide open.
Citing the example of the 2007 series, when India won, he said that teams falter in England as the conditions are very tough to adapt and adjust quickly.
"After such a performance I back India to win the next Test in Southampton, and then anything can happen in the Oval Test. At the Oval, we could get a true Indian wicket with lot of bounce and lateral movement is less there as well," he said.
Praising the Indian bowling attack, Harbhajan said that this was the best attack assembled by India as earlier barring Zaheer Khan, there was no quality in the fast bowling department. He praised Hardik Pandya and said that Kohli has the luxury of three top quality fast bowlers and he can turn to Pandya who chips in with wickets.
"It's a blessing to have three-four proper pacers in the playing eleven, which has never happened before in the history of Indian cricket that I have played in, or seen," he said.
