London: England batsman Eoin Morgan says they can “surprise” World No.1 India in the upcoming four-match Test series.
The 24-year-old is hoping England can utilise their own conditions in an attempt to catch India off guard.
“It is an advantage, particularly over here in England. There’s no conditions like it in the world, especially if we prepare pitches that are conducive to swing, bounce and seam,” Morgan was quoted as saying in ecb.co.uk.
Despite only managing a 1-0 result against Sri Lanka, Morgan insisted that they were in good shape for the battle against India.
“We are well prepared, we have half a season under our belt already and hopefully it will come to them as a surprise.”
“A lot of our preparation so far this summer has been building towards this series.”
“With the momentum we’ve had over the last year and a half or so, we feel that we are in a good position and we’re ready for a good test and there’s no bigger test than the number one side in the world.”
Morgan has no doubts England have enough variation and quality in their attack to trouble the star-studded India batting line-up.
“I think we do. We’ve proved over the winter how we take our wickets, we build pressure and put the batsmen under pressure to score runs,” he said.
“Runs are going to be key. I don’t think we can look too far ahead in regards of comparing the two sides,” he added. (IANS)