England must be feeling the pressure heading into the fourth Test: Mohammad Kaif

England made a stupendous start to their five-match Test series against India. The Three Lions comprehensively thumped the visiting team at Edgbaston and Lord’s respectively to take a 2-0 lead in the series. Albeit their batters faltered at times, the bowlers rescued them with some resounding performances. However, the tables turned on them in the third Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

Joe Root and Co were comprehensively brushed aside by a humongous margin of 203 runs. The fourth Test is scheduled to be played at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton and the hosts would be desperate to make a comeback and find their rhythm back. In the meantime, former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif believes that the Poms are well and truly under the pump going into their upcoming encounter.

India have a great chance to win the series

“England must be feeling the pressure heading into the fourth Test in Southampton. In recent times, they have not been playing well. Their batting has flopped. Their batsmen have not been able to put big runs on the board. If India can make it 2-2 it will be an interesting final Test. There, I would back India to win the series 3-2,” Kaif was quoted as saying in MyNation.

Kaif, who retired from competitive cricket last month, also rued the fact that India couldn’t storm into the ascendancy after being in a position of command in Birmingham. Moreover, the 37-year-old admitted that the second Test at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground posed a sterner challenger for Virat Kohli’s men because of the overcast conditions.

“Of course, India have a great chance to win the series. I think India should not have been in this position (2-1) the way they have played. They should have won the first Test at Edgbaston. Chasing less than 200 on a decent track, with the batting line-up we have, we should have won the first one, definitely. The Lord’s Test was tough for India. The conditions were overcast,” he added.

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