Utility man

Indian Premier League: Moeen Ali, the retired England allrounder, has tipped Ben Stokes & Co to win the five-Test home series against India after a close contest. The much-hyped series gets underway soon after the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 with the first Test beginning at Leeds on June 20.

"I think England will win a tight series," said Ali, the Utility Man of English cricket, who quit all forms of international cricket in September last year. One of the top white-ball experts in the World who has won two World Cups in 2019 and 2022, Moeen is currently representing Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

It often goes under the radar that the Birmingham hero is also the third-highest wicket-taker in Tests among England spinners with 204 wickets after the legendary Derek Underwood and Graeme Swann.