England vs India Test Series - Cricket vs Terrorism - Review and Betting Tips

Kevin Pietersen and his team are back in India to resume their tour of India and to play the two test match series. After Terror attacks in Mumbai, the tour was in doubt but we must appreciate the bravery of the English team to go back and play under the circumstances. The fact remains that England were already fearing playing India in the ODIs and everyone was backing India to win 7-0. Now they have to face India, in India under heavy security cover and be reminded that M.S. Dhoni's boys had already defeated Australia in the test series before England had arrived there. Most UK Bookmakers were saved of a major payout when the last 2 ODIs were cancelled and they cancelled all bets on 7-0 India win. However, they might not be able to get out of such scenario this time in the Test series. They have come out with their odds for the Test Series and are already reporting heavy betting on India at any odds. Ladbrokes Spokesman Robin Hutchison said: "England were only 6/1 on the eve of their last Test series in Australia - and we all know how that turned out. "We've taken four times as many bets on their opponents which is all but unprecedented outside an Ashes Series. Punters just don't want to know them."Kevin Pietersen and his team are back in India to resume their tour of India and to play the two test match series. After Terror attacks in Mumbai, the tour was in doubt but we must appreciate the bravery of the English team to go back and play under the circumstances. The fact remains that England were already fearing playing India in the ODIs and everyone was backing India to win 7-0. Now they have to face India, in India under heavy security cover and be reminded that M.S. Dhoni's boys had already defeated Australia in the test series before England had arrived there. Most UK Bookmakers were saved of a major payout when the last 2 ODIs were cancelled and they cancelled all bets on 7-0 India win. However, they might not be able to get out of such scenario this time in the Test series. They have come out with their odds for the Test Series and are already reporting heavy betting on India at any odds. Ladbrokes Spokesman Robin Hutchison said: "England were only 6/1 on the eve of their last Test series in Australia - and we all know how that turned out. "We've taken four times as many bets on their opponents which is all but unprecedented outside an Ashes Series. Punters just don't want to know them." There seems to be no patriotism left in backing their team by English punters and this has led the Bookmakers to pray for an English victory. Betting Choice team looks at the various possibilities in this 2 Test Match Series Series Betting Odds India 5/11 at Canbet and 18/35 at BetfairDraw 11/4 at bet365, Canbet, William Hills and SkybetEngland 15/2 at Stan James and Canbet with 9/1 at Betfair. Betting Choice Tip - Back India to win the series. There is everything against England to have any chance of winning the series. Correct ScoreIndia 1-0 13/8 at Stan James and LadbrokesIndia 2-0 2/1 at Ladbrokes and TotesportDraw 0-0 13/2 at bet365, Stan James and SkyBetDraw 1-1 8/1 at TotesportEngland 1-0 10/1 at SkyBet and CanbetEngland 2-0 50/1 at Totesport Betting Choice Analysis - Series win for England is unlikely. We predict results in both the test matches, which leaves us with only two of the above 6 possibilities i.e. India 2-0 or Draw 1-1. India 2-0 is more on the cards for us but we still recommend just using the normal Series win bet at 5/11 on India instead of a correct score bet. This is to avoid any unforeseen factor, like bad light , rain, terror etc in any of the test. Draw No BetIndia 1/7England 4/1 Betting Choice Analysis and Tips - In the current scenario even the India bet here at 1/7 looks enticing with no prospects of a lucky draw from England spoiling the returns. This is the safest bet. Top England BatsmenKevin Pietersen 9/4Alistair Cook 9/2Ian Bell 5/1Andrew Strauss 5/1Paul Collingwood 8/1Andy Flintoff 8/1Owais Shah 9/1 Betting Choice Analysis and Tips - Though Pietersen showed good form at the end of the ODI series, the odds of 9/4 are not much enticing to back him. We would like to back Owais Shat at 9/1 with Paddy Power and Bet365. Andrew Flintoff is also a good bet at 8/1 with Bet365, SkyBet and Stan James. Another strategy would be to equally back Shah and Flintoff at these odds while Pietersen can be used as a hedge to lower the risk. Top India BatsmenBetting Choice Analysis - There is too much to choose of here with only 2 tests to be played. Gambhir, Sehwag, Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman are all capable of long and big scores. However, our dark horse here would be Yuvraj Singh at 8/1 with bet365, Paddy Power and Stan James. Yuvraj has been in awesome form against England in the ODIs and he has been recalled to the Indian test team after a long time. He would surely be waiting to capitalize on this opportunity and even if he plays one long innings like his ODI innings, we can be sure that he might end with score of 150+ and be top in the race to be Top India Batsmen. Betting Choice Final Comments - We have to wait and see who will win and who will loose, but one thing is for sure that by continuing with this series the game of Cricket has turned out to be a winner and Terror is the loser. This series has now become a symbol of peace and unity against terrorism globally. It will be etched in the history of cricket and sports as a reminder of time when cricket stood against all odds. If there was betting happening on a battle between terror and humanity, we at Betting Choice would have surely recommended you to bet against terror.