The English team has looked a better outfit each and every time that that they have taken to the field against the Indians. They have been better in all departments of the game. The Indian team bowling has looked lost in the series, as they have been hammered by the English batsmen all over the park. They do not look a confident bunch of bowlers from their body language. Praveen Kumar is the only bowler who has had a decent performance in the series, and troubled the English batsmen.

Key bowlers such as Zaheer khan, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, and their absence in the ongoing ODI series, has really hurt the Indian team very badly. The current crop of bowlers in the Indian squad are not able to make any major breakthroughs in the initial overs of the match, which allows the English batsmen a solid platform for the middle orders to put up a good enough score on the board. The key bowlers in the present squad are Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, R. Ashwyn, who have been able to do much in conditions that they are not well acquainted to, especially Vinay and Ashwyn, who have especially flown into the team for the ODI series.

As Indian batting line up is stronger than their bowling, it could be a wise decision if MS Dhoni, the Indian skipper, decides to put the opposition into bat irrespective of the conditions, as they could probably have a better chance to win the match by chasing the score that has been set by the English batsmen, rather than defending their own score, as they were not successful in defending their resonably competitive score in the second ODI.