India and England will play their 100th Test match with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's 100th International hundred here at Lord's ground.
The match will also add another chapter in the 134-year-old Test cricket history as it is the 2000th match.
Apart from this, the four-match Test series will also decide the supremacy in the Test cricket.
Dubbed as a landmark Test match, the encounter between the Dhoni brigade and Andrew Strauss here at historical Lord's ground is expected to be a tight one.
It will be a encounter between best batting line-up vs most potent pace attack.
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh feels that India can win the Test series and wants to see Tendulkar scoring 100th ton. Waugh said that the series will be an encounter between Strauss and Indian pacer Zaheer Khan.
However, Dhoni said that team is not focusing on Tendulkar's 100th ton but the occasion will be celebrated if master blaster reaches the milestone.
The tickets of the historical 2000th Test match has been completely sold out.
In England team: Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad/Tim Bresnan, James Anderson, Chris Tremlett
Ind: Abhinav Mukund/Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar/Sreesant. Yuvraj is still doubtful for the test
Both the teams have played 99 games against each other so far. England clinched 34 games while India won 19 games. 46 Test match ended in draw.
The team have met each other a lot of time in previous occasional, this series is expected to be a highly competitive one. India are no.1 in test while England have so far managed to be one of the strongest test team. Recent Ashes and other series win have proved this.
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