The Indian team will eye a comeback to take the gruelling five match test series after setback in ODI series 2-1. India started their England tour on a winning note by clinching the T20 series 2-1, however, a series defeat in ODIs meant that the number game was kept at balance with all to play in the test series.
India last won a test series in 2007 under the captaincy of “The Wall” Rahul Dravid. Since then the team has faced some humiliating defeats, including a 5-0 series defeat in 2011 followed by a 3-1 defeat in 2014.
Before the start of an all important test in Edgbaston, India faced Essex in a practise game at Chelmsford where the bowlers failed to bowl out the English county side. The Indian batsman however, made full use of the game to have a dress reherseal before the first test at Edgbaston.
The prediction and analysis started on who will win the test series but Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya kept the tensions aside and posted a photo with his number 1 love Dinesh Karthik. He wrote “My no. 1 love @dk00019”.
The post got some hilarious reactions from the fans over Instagram but it was Karthik’s wife and multi times Commonwealth games medallist Dipika Pallikal whose comments amused one and all.
The squash star said “Clearly, I’ve been replaced; Thanks guys…..”
Pallikal has been lady luck for Dinesh Karthik who was out of the Indian team from a while. Karthik had some personal life issues with his first wife which resulted in their divorce. But it was Dipika who held him when he was all alone and its surely “All’s well that ends well” for DK.
