'India will have a challenge in 5 Test matches,' believes Saba Karim

Former India cricketer Saba Karim feels that Team India could face a tough challenge in five of their remaining seven Tests in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. Team India are currently placed fourth in the WTC points table. However, they will need to win most of their remaining fixtures to be in the race of reaching the final.

During a discussion on India News, Saba Karim opined that Team India will need to win the rest of the seven Tests to ensure their place in the WTC final. He responded: “This is the best option, you don’t have any other option. I feel India will have a challenge in five Test matches – the only Test that is going to be played in England and the four in the home series against Australia.”

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He also highlighted that Rohit Sharma‘s team should not take the Australians lightly. Saba Karim reasoned: “Australia also has a strong team. Because they are playing Tests against Pakistan at the moment, they would have got more experience about the conditions and they will gain from that. Along with that, Australia has two spinners at the moment – Nathan Lyon and Swepson, who is a leg-spinner. I feel they would be well prepared when Australia travels to India.”

“There is no need for us to think about the other teams” – Saba Karim

Saba Karim also added that Bangladesh won’t trouble Team India much.

Saba Karim explained: “I feel we will see a challenge for India in these five Tests only. As far as India playing in Bangladesh, there is a lot of difference in quality between our team and the Bangladesh players.”

“There is no need for us to think about the other teams. We have to go towards our goal only. I feel the way we are performing and six matches are going to happen in the Indian subcontinent, the biggest thing is that we should get result-oriented wickets in India, which we are getting at the moment,” Saba Karim concluded.