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It’s a different ballgame

India’s current crop of batsmen do enjoy their freedom. If they set themselves up well, they will be good for many more runs—and hopefully gift themselves an English summer to remember.

The alarm bells rang early: India were not even a credible threat to New Zealand in their first warm-up match of the World Cup, and groans of there we go again' followed swiftly.

After 50-odd days of belting the ball on flat pitches under the blazing sun of the Indian Premier League, India encountered a green pitch, some canny swing and seam bowlers and once the top three had been accounted for, it began to look

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