It is highly improbable that India’s spin attack against England will not include R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha who helped Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Indians beat New Zealand 2-0 in September.

But that won’t prevent left-arm spinner Murali Kartik (36) from trying hard to prove that he is still a force to reckon with — never mind if the record books show that he played his last Test in 2004.