Ian Bell started off rather ordinarily in this tour, as he struggled against the slow and dry pitches.
In the first tour match at Brabourne Stadium at Mumbai, he scored just 5 against India A before being dismissed by Yuvraj Singh.
He followed it up with a 4 & 28* against Mumbai A. He scored 0 & 22, 5 & 28* in the first two tests.
In the 4th test at Nagpur, he scored 1 & 116* (from 306 balls).
This unbeaten century on the slow, dry pitch ensured a stale draw on the 4th Test to win the series 2–1.
Then in January 2013, he scored 91 (from 89 balls) in the Palam A Ground at Delhi against India A before being dismissed by Mohit Sharma.
However, it was in a losing cause as they lost by 53 runs in Duckworth-Lewis method.
Two days later, he scored 108 against Delhi cricket team (dismissed by leg spinner Varun Sood), yet again in a losing cause.
Ian Bell started off rather ordinarily in this tour, as he struggled against the slow and dry pitches. In the first tour match at Brabourne Stadium at Mumbai, he scored just 5 against India A before being dismissed by Yuvraj Singh. He followed it up with a 4 & 28* against Mumbai A. He scored 0 & 22, 5 & 28* in the first two tests. In the 4th test at Nagpur, he scored 1 & 116* (from 306 balls). This unbeaten century on the slow, dry pitch ensured a stale draw on the 4th Test to win the series 2–1. Then in January 2013, he scored 91 (from 89 balls) in the Palam A Ground at Delhi against India A before being dismissed by Mohit Sharma. However, it was in a losing cause as they lost by 53 runs in Duckworth-Lewis method. Two days later, he scored 108 against Delhi cricket team (dismissed by leg spinner Varun Sood), yet again in a losing cause.
Ian Bell