India's Success In Australia Inspires England To Win Away From Home

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India's recent Test series win in Australia has given touring sides confidence to win away from home, including England who have a great opportunity to do well in India with the amount of quality players they have in the squad, said England captain Joe Root on Thursday.

"A lot of sides will look at that series that happened in Australia and take huge amounts of confidence from it. Huge credit to India for going there and winning. It is a very difficult place to win. We all know that. But teams will see that and we will see that it is possible to win away from home. There will be a lot of pressure on sides hosting," said Root during a virtual interaction with the media on the eve of the first Test to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

India had won the Test series in Australia despite injuries to players. England too have started the series on a similar note with Zak Crawley, who was to bat at No. 3, ruled out of the first two Tests due to wrist injury.

"There are so many great opportunities that come with that as a side and as individual players. When you are given a chance to play, you've got to just maximize that opportunity. You try and make that count. One thing we have had in the recent past is competition for places. Bit more depth in our squad and not heavily reliant on certain individuals which might have been the case a few years ago. It is really exciting times and guys need to grasp the opportunities they get," he added.

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