India, March 8 -- Ravichandran Ashwin and Sourav Ganguly had opinions as different bat and ball on what India needed for a successful summer in England. On Sunday's Champions Trophy final, the stars from the opposite ends of a cricket pitch agreed that India have an advantage, albeit slight.

Ganguly said on the strength of their batting, the mystery and mastery of Varun Chakravarthy, India would start as favourites in Dubai but qualified the comment by saying that New Zealand were the "toughest" team to face in the final. Ashwin said he was "a bit nervy". New Zealand did "really well in the semi-final (against South Africa) and are a team that "do not cry about the conditions but make the best use of their resources."

On England, the fo...