India vs England Third Test Betting Tips & Previews

The England tour of India is one of the most awaited tours on the Test cricket calendar.

There are lots at stake here, including pride, bragging rights and cricket betting opportunities so this is a huge Series for both sides.

Up next is our team analysis, stats and the best India vs England Third Test betting tips!

India vs England Third Test betting tips & odds

Bet	Odds	Site
England to win	3.75	Betway
India to win the toss	1.83	10CRIC
Chris Woakes England First Innings Top Bowler	6.0	Casumo

OUR HOT BET!

HOT BET	Odds	Site
Chet Pujara India First Innings Top batsman	4.5	10CRIC

England to win the 3rd Test

This is a good example of betting purely because of the odds on offer and going for the bet that makes more sense in terms of value.

Sure, if it becomes a battle of the spinners as you’d expect from a typical Indian pich, then India have the edge.

Of course, they do.

Ashwin, Patel and either Kuldeep Yadav or Washington are better than what England have.

But what if it becomes all about the pace bowlers instead in this Day/Night game?

In Broad, Anderson and Woakes England can fight fire with fire, while if it’s a better wicket than expected, England have some good strokemakers in Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow for example.

In other words, with so many uncertainties it makes perfect sense to go with England at a much, much bigger price.

Especially given it’s currently 1-1 and that India’s record here at Ahmedabad is quite average.

India to win the toss

India have a very good record of winning the toss here at Ahmedabad with nine wins out of 12.

That included winning it back in 2012 against England.

So even though India’s record at the toss is poor against England in general, it’s much better at this particular venue.

Chris Woakes: England’s first innings top bowler

All the focus will be on James Anderson and Stuart Broad if the ball swings.

But don’t forget about Chris Woakes.

He’s just as skilful as those two on his day and may well bowl quite a few more overs than them.

He’s also a considerably bigger price at 6.0.

HOT BET: Pujara to be India top batsman

With scores of 73, 15, 21 and 7, Pujara hasn’t really got going yet this Series.

But we all know how good he is and that once he gets himself in properly, it will only be a matter of time before he goes on and gets a big score.

We also know what a wonderful Test match he had the last time he played here.

He scored almost 250 runs in the Test without getting dismissed.

Add to the equation that Virat Kohli isn’t playing at his best right now and you’d think Pujara has every chance.

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Third Test preview: The enigma of the pink ball

At 1-1, this series has so far been a fascinating one for the neutral.

All we learnt at Chennai was that winning the toss and batting first was the winning recipe with it being so much easier to score runs at the start of the match than at the end, with the wicket becoming extremely tough to play on as the game progressed.

This is why England batted first and won the initial game before India batted first and won the second one.

But we change venues now with Ahmedabad hosting the remaining third and fourth Tests.

Day-Night Test cricket

To make matters even more interesting, this is a day-night Test.

So some of the match will be played in the evening and all of it will, of course, be played with a pink ball.

Day-night tests have had a reputation for making the game trickier for the batsmen than the bowlers.

The pink ball often swings under lights but also spins as it gets worn.

Apparently, the pink ball gets damaged quicker than the traditional red one.

Day-night Tests have also shown that both swing bowlers and spinners can come good, though remarkably, in the only Day-Night Test ever played in India, every last wicket that India took was by a pace bowler.

India’s past performance at Ahmedabad

There’s a beautiful symmetry when it comes to Test matches involving India at Ahmedabad.

Since the first game in 1982, they’ve played 12 and won three, lost three and drawn six.

The last three matches here produced two draws and a win for India, against England in 2012.

This was the last time a match was played at this venue.

We note that one of only three players who are still in action for India that day in 2012 – Ravi Ashwin and Virat Kohli were the others – had a brilliant Test.

Chet Pujara scored 206 not out in the first innings and 41 not out in the Second.

But because it’s a Day-Night Test, historical results may not be so relevant here.

Could Pandya be back?

For India, there’s an obvious change coming up with superstar pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah set to return to the side instead of Mohammad Siraj.

The other possible change is a bit trickier to call.

Kuldeep Yadav didn’t bowl many overs in the Second Test and could lose his place here.

It could go to spinning all-rounder Washington Sundar, to all-rounder Hardik Pandya (who is able to bowl again after a long injury where he couldn’t), or to Siraj, if they choose to play another fast bowler.

But then again, Kuldeep Yadav may play again anyway.

For England, all-rounder Moeen Ali has flown home and could be replaced by Chris Woakes.

Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley are also likely to come in to boost the batting, with Rory Burns and Daniel Lawrence likely to make way.

James Anderson rested for the Second Test.

He will surely return because he could be deadly under lights with the pink ball.

Schedule for the England tour of India

Test	Date	Location
1st Test	February 5-9	Chennai
2nd Test	February 13-17	Chennai
3rd Test	February 24-28	Ahmedabad
4th Test	March 4-8	Ahmedabad

India’s recent form

It was just a few weeks ago that they pulled off one of the most remarkable Series wins ever seen in Australia.

To go out to Australia and beat the hosts 2-1 takes some doing but that’s what they did.

India will be feeling very good about life right now.

2020 was a good year for India

2020 saw India win a Test series 2-0 at home to Bangladesh and 3-0 at home to South Africa, proof that this Indian side is absolutely devastating on home soil.

To beat Bangladesh is one thing but South Africa always have plenty of weapons so this was a very good result.

But they also lost 2-0 in New Zealand, showing that there’s always progress to be made.

It shows that India needs to work harder to win away from home in different conditions.

They come into the Series with fast bowlers Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav injured.

Everyone else should be fit and we’ll just have to wait and see if all-rounder Hardik Pandya can bowl at last, or just bat.

India’s squad

Position	Players
Batsmen	Virat Kohli, Chet Pujara, Ajinkya Rhane, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal.
All-rounders	Ravi Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant, W Saha.
Bowlers	Ravi Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel.

England’s recent form

England are fresh from beating Sri Lanka 2-0 away, which doesn’t happen that often in this game, with Sri Lanka normally so reliable at home.

It was a Series where skipper Joe Root reminded us that he really is not just one of the great players of spin, but just one of the best Test batsmen.

There were also strong performances from the likes of James Anderson, Jack Leach and Dom Bess in similar conditions to what can be found in India, so the English will be confident.

2020 was also a good year or England

They also beat the West Indies 2-1 at home and Pakistan 1-0, also in England.

So they come into this Series in good spirits after their key players found some form in 2020.

England have gone for a somewhat unique approach to this Series in terms of selection.

They rested players like Jonny Bairstow, Mark Wood and Sam Curran for the first two Tests, which is in line with their policy of not asking the same players to play all the time because of the strain of being in a bio-bubble all the time, which isn’t good for your mental health.

Following a similar strategy, Jos Buttler will play the First Test but will fly home after that.

It all means one thing: India will play their best possible side in all Tests but England won’t.

England’s squad

Position	Players
Batsmen	Joe Root, Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Dan Lawrence, Dom Sibley, Olly Stone.
All-rounders	Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes, Sam Curran.
Bowlers	Jack Leach, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Dom Bess, Jofra Archer.

India vs England Test cricket analysis

In all matches between England and India over the years at any venue, the English are well ahead with 47 wins and 26 losses.

Though the most common result of all is actually the draw, which happened in 49 Tests.

Statistics for Tests played in India

Of the 60 Tests played between the two in India, it’s still the draw that appears more than any other result (28) but India are ahead on wins, with 19 playing 13 whilst in Indian conditions.

In 2016-17 India won a five-Test series 4-0 after the First Test was drawn, with players like Kohli, KL Rahul and Ashwin really flexing their muscles at home.

A reminder of what an in-form and confident India team can do to you.

But if we go back to 2012, it was actually England causing the upset in India.

In what was an all-star team including Cook, Bell, Pietersen, Anderson, Broad and Swann, they produced one of the finest away wins in memory, winning the Series 2-1 against an extremely strong Indian side that still featured Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag, among others.

So England do know how to win in India but they’ll need a really rich side playing at their absolute best to do it.

England to be severely ‘Tested’

So England won here nine years ago and they will try to take comfort from the fact this isn’t quite ‘Mission Impossible’.

But if it’s not, it’s certainly as hard a task as winning in Australia, or England itself.

India have a great bunch of players to pick from, many who won in Australia, know their conditions inside out and know the England team pretty well. Kohli, who hardly featured in that win out in Australia, will be desperate to make sure they build on that win and keep going. He’ll also want to make a big impact on an individual level.

But England are tough on the day, have a few decent spinners to pick from and Root looks a formidable opponent with the bat.

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