It's a must win for England in the fourth ODI by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Event:

England in India 2008/09

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DateLine: 22nd November 2008

 

It's a must win for England in the fourth ODI The first day night game of the series is a do or die for England.They are trailing 3-0 in this series and one more loss and the series is gone. This being a day night game, the toss will be extremely crucial.The team winning the toss would want to bat first and put up a huge total in the first innings, as chasing in lights is never easy.

India will be bolstered by the return of Sachin Tendulkar. He has been out of action for 8 months from the one day arena. He will be under pressure with the avalanche of youngsters coming through.He would want to keep himself fit considering the demands of the one day game where running between wickets and fielding are extremely crucial. Here is where the youngsters have made a world of difference.Irfan Pathan is also making a comeback in place of the off colour R.P.Singh..

India will just want to continue with their winning momentum so as to seal the series here itself.They would want to start experimenting with fresh faces in the last 3 odis. Raina and Rohit would want to get runs to impress the selectors.

England on the other hand would have to win this one to stay in the series. After the way the last match ended the England players have none but themselves to blame for not scoring enough runs to be ahead in D/L method. 240 was never going to be enough with the hazy conditions and a shortened game.

The players need to convert their big starts into huge scores. As their captain said they needed to get hundreds to pull of matches the way Yuvraj has done for the Indian team.The fact that Bangalore is the next venue would comfort the visiting side.Visiting teams have always loved the Garden city.And what better place to start winning so as to make a comeback into the series.