“The key for our bowling attack will be to bowl our best ball as often as we can. I don’t think we can ask for anything more from our spinners and seamers. We need to have runs on the board and then having the Indian batting order under pressure will really be the key for us. To take the game deep will be an important aspect for England,” Thorpe said.

The Indian bowling is no longer about spinners weaving magic on rank turners and Thorpe said that they are well aware about how rounded this current home team attack is. “The one thing about the Indian bowling attack is, it’s not just about spin. Their seam attack is also strong and so from that point of view it’s not to just get side-tracked completely in into the spin side.”

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The challenge posed by both Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin can be a tough one but the batting coach understands that a balance needs to be created. “Indian bowling has developed into a very good attack and we are very aware of that. The training time [three days] will be used to strike a fine balance practising both.”