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Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has questioned the strength level of Indians and also criticized the visiting team for their "shabby" warm routine.
India, which is hopeful to recover some pride and avoid a embarrassing whitewash, has been ravage by the injuries to its key players and has not look its usual self in the tournament so far.
The former Test cricketer, who was required to cut short his international carrier due to a returning ankle injury said, "England look by far the fitter team, teasing that some of the India players were pop out of their shirts'."
The cricketer draws a stark difference between the two teams as they warmed up for the first day's play of the fourth and final Test of the series at The Oval.
"I've not see much of the summer, and this morning I watch the two sides warming up," he said.
"I saw India, and they looked like they'd got their kit out of the garage. They were all in different gear. England looked really professional next to them. They just looked poles apart," he told BBC Test Match Special.
Flint off said he felt sorry for his former England coach Duncan Fletcher, who took over the India job in June after Gary Kirsten decline to expand his contract citing personal reasons.
"Watching the slip catching practice, you had England on one side diving around, the ball effervescent through," he said.
"I used to do it with Duncan Fletcher. I bet you he's tear his hair out. They were applause everything down: the keeper was lost them, the slips were plummeting them. It just looked shabby," Flint off added.
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