On the day that India start their tour of England with a warm up match against Somerset, some words of welcome to our friends from south Asia. I am sure cricket fans up and down the land are as excited as I am about seeing the glittering array of talent that the Indians possess in their squad take on the Ashes winning England side. There could be some great moments in the upcoming series, especially with the little master Sachin Tendulkar poised on 99 international 100s (51 test centuries and 48 one day centuries). Surely no England fan would begrudge Tendulkar number 100 at Lord's next week, a ground on which he has yet to score to Test century.
India has a population approaching 1.2 billion. You can bet that a large proportion of its people will be eagerly following the series. In fact as cricket is practically a religion for many Indians, they may be talking of little else over the next few weeks. The passion of the Indian fans has long impressed me and I am sure those lucky enough to get tickets to the games will bring great colour and lots of noise to the occasion.
As for my predictions, I think England will win the Test series 2-1 and India will win the one day series 4-1. I would back India to win the Twenty20 game as well.
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