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This is an archive article published on October 7, 2011

India have the ability to bounce back: Kirsten

Kirsten praised England,saying they were much better side than India during the English summer.

Former India coach Gary Kirsten was surprised at the disappointing show of Mahendra Singh Dhoni8217;s men in the recent tour of England,which saw them lose the world number one Test spot,but said they are good enough to bounce back.

In what turned out to be a disastrous tour for India,they were blanked 0-4 in the four-match Test series,while lost 0-3 in the five-match ODI series by England.

England are now in India for five-match one-day contest,which begins on October 14 in Hyderabad.

It has surprised me. The injuries haven8217;t helped. For me,they8217;re a good enough cricket team that they can come back. It has been a disappointment. They probably lost a bit of momentum, Kirsten said.

It8217;s been a little bit sad to watch them not play well because there was much anticipation around that series in England. Also with Duncan Fletcher coming in as new coach and he8217;s just been there for a couple of months,he needs to stamp his mark about what he8217;s going to do. I guess it was always going to be a difficult time upfront, said Kirsten.

Kirsten praised England for their performance,saying they were the much better side than India during the English summer.

England are a quality cricket team. They are well coached,have a good structure,good people,they have stability in their team and are putting India under pressure. I don8217;t think they8217;d been put under pressure by India in the whole series, he said.

 

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