Marcus Trescothick is favourite with Ladbrokes to be England's leading scorer in the First Test which begins at Mohali on Monday. The inexperienced Indian pace attack may give the aggressive Trescothick the opportunity to accumulate quick runs early on, before the spinners start to exert more control as the innings progresses. Further down the order, Craig White (14/1) is attractively priced, behind all-rounder rival Flintoff (10/1).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Sachin Tendulkar dominates the Indian odds. The little master is 11/4 to be India's top batsman in the match, with Dravid (4/1) Das, Ganguly and Laxman (all 5/1). Of the outsiders, wicketkeeper Dasgupta (14/1) could be seen to offer good value, having successfully operated as stand-in opener in the latter stages of the South Africa tour.

India remain hot favourites for the series (1/4) but the odds on England (7/1) have shortened with the Indians' comprehensive defeat in South Africa, discord over selection, and England's morale-boosting win over India A last week all factors in the visitors' favour. However, the perceived inbalance between the sides is reflected in the short price for a 3-0 Indian series victory (5/2).

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Top England batsman		Top Indian batsman
M Trescothick	7/2	S Tendulkar	11/4
G Thorpe	4/1	R Dravid	4/1
M Ramprakash	4/1	S Das	5/1
M Butcher	9/2	S Ganguly	5/1
N Hussain	5/1	V Laxman	5/1
M Vaughan	6/1	C Williams	6/1
A Flintoff	10/1	S Bangar	12/1
C White	14/1	D Dasgupta	14/1
J Foster	20/1	Harbhajan Singh	50/1
W Hegg	25/1	I Siddiqui	50/1
A Giles	33/1	A Kumble	66/1
R Johnson	40/1	Sarandeep Singh	80/1
M Ball	50/1	T Yohannan	80/1
J Ormond	66/1
R Dawson	80/1
M Hoggard	125/1

Series Betting		Match Betting
India	1/4	India	8/13
England	7/1	England	6/1
Draw	4/1	Draw	7/4

Series Correct Score
India 1-0	5/1
India 2-0	2/1
India 2-1	6/1
India 3-0	5/2
Drawn Series 0-0	16/1
Drawn Series 1-1	6/1
England 1-0	20/1
England 2-0	33/1
England 2-1	20/1
England 3-0	66/1

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