Mumbai - There are reports that Stand-in captain Andrew Flintoff led a makeshift England team to their first Test win in India in 20 years on Wednesday and said the performance showed the country's depth of talent but most of the people do not agree
England, missing several regulars including skipper Michael Vaughan and his deputy Marcus Trescothick, won the final test by 212 runs on Wednesday to tie the three-match series.
"It just shows that English cricket has some good players coming through," Flintoff told reporters.
"To go against India and compete to win, everybody who has made their debut and the lads who have played only a handful of games have contributed in this test series.
"The character is fantastic and the lads in the dressing room can be very, very proud," added the 28-year-old, who was named Man of the Match and Man of the Series.
Some people listening to the commentary were of the opinion that the way India gave a cake walk win to England indicates that there might be something that made the Indians to lose to enable England to level the series.
For example, the repeated bad shots made by Dhoni seemed to be a deliberate attempt to give an easy and sure catch on the same spot and to the same player, while he was the only player who could go a long way, he could change the fate the match.
Take the risky shot played by Pathan among the first pair, and so on, all this shows that the possibility of the circumstances indicating match fixing seem to be stronger than merely bad show by Indians, since they are not as bad as demonstrated nor there was any fault in the pitch.
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