Gambhir: England won't win a Test against India

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir does not see the visiting England team winning any Test in the upcoming fourmatch series with the kind of spin attack it hasEngland have named the likes of Moeen Ali Dom Bess and Jack Leach as spinners in their squad While Ali is an experienced campaigner with 181 wickets from 60 Tests Bess and Leach have played 12 Tests each taking 31 and 44 wickets respectivelyEngland spinners Dom Bess left and Jack Leach have played only 12 Tests eachSpeaking exclusively on Star Sportsrsquo show Game Plan former Team India opener Gautam Gambhir made his prediction for the IndiaEngland Test series It has to be 30 India or probably 31 Irsquom only going to give a Pink Ball Test match probably 5050 to England just from the conditions point of view I donrsquot see England winning any of the Test matches with the kind of spin attack theyrsquove gotA different ball gameGautam Gambhir talked about the challenge for the English batsmen particularly Joe Root ahead of the IndiaEngland Test series ldquoThis is going to be a completely different challenge for someone like Joe Root Yes he has played really well in Sri Lanka but when you have to face people like Jasprit Bumrah on any wicket or for that matter Ravichandran Ashwin when his confidence is skyhigh after what he has done in Australia I am sure it is going to be a completely different beast and a completely different ball gameGautam GambhirGambhir said he had never questioned Virat Kohlirsquos captaincy in Tests and ODIs but has problems with his leadership in T20IslsquoKohli has done well in TestsrsquoGautam Gambhir also lavished praise on Virat Kohli and talked about how India has grown under his leadership ldquoTime and times again Yes Virat Kohli is the leader but Irsquom sure he gotta be as happy as the rest of the squad as well but at the same time yes he has done really well in Test cricket Irsquove always had question marks on his T20 captaincy Never had question marks on his 50over or his Test match captaincy India has done really well under his leadership especially in redball cricket and Irsquom sure India will continue to grow further under his leadership especially in redball cricketrdquoGautam Gambhir highlighted the importance of winning the series against England ldquoAs any cricketer would say itrsquos not about hundreds itrsquos about the runs you can score to help your team win is very important And yes it clearly doesnrsquot matter if Virat hasnrsquot batted in Australia obviously he would love to but the most important thing is that he has to look forward to is the England series and he knows that how important the England series is if they want to qualify for the World Test Championship finalrdquoGautam Gambhir has been one of Indias finest batsman and openers and has played 58 Tests and 147 ODIs during his cricket careerInputs from PTI