#1 Ian Bell

Ian Bell is a player who was a joy to watch. While the right-hander could be occasionally inconsistent, when he was in form there were few finer spectacles in the game.
Yet India was always a difficult location for Bell, as throughout his career he only scored 352 runs at an average of 27.08 while playing there. Bell's average in India would actually have been much lower if not for the 116 not out he scored in his final innings in the country.
This innings took place in England's successful 2012 tour of India, which is the last series India have lost at home. It saw a very strong England side win the four-match series 2-1, despite having gone behind after the first Test.
Bell's innings in the fourth and final Test of the series was crucial. England held the series lead and were therefore happy to take a draw. However, they didn't manage to force India out of the game in the first innings and therefore went into the second innings with just a four-run advantage.
India pushed hard on a pitch that offered their bowlers little, and they were rewarded too, as they had England 3/94 when Bell arrived at the crease, having taken the massive wickets of both Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen.
However, Bell and Jonathan Trott proved stubborn opposition for the Indians and ensured England drew the match and won the series.
It was a great innings from Bell, but also one that brought into question why he hadn't been able to perform in India beforehand. As the likes of Warne and Ponting show, some players do start to get better at playing in India if they build up enough experience playing there.
But from the start of his career, Bell seemed to have a technique that he would benefit from in the Asian countries, with his style of batting at times seeming similar to that of VVS Laxman's.
But unlike many other batsmen, Bell wasn't troubled by the Indian spin-bowlers as much as he was by their pace attack. Ishant Sharma dismissed him the most times in Test cricket, along with Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson who all claimed his wicket seven times. But while Harris and Johnson bowled to Bell in 22 and 30 innings respectively, Sharma only bowled to him in 17.
Similarly, Zaheer Khan had an impressive record against Bell, dismissing Bell five times in just 14 innings. Even Bhuvneshwar Kumar, despite only bowling to Bell in seven innings, managed to dismiss the Englishman on three occasions.
Bell struggled with the swing that these three bowlers were all very adept at finding. This hindered him from showing his class in India for most of his career, although his final performance there ended sweetly.
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