Mitchell Johnson – He decimated the England side, capturing 33 percent of wickets from back of a length/short balls last summer. The way he peppered the English batsmen in frightening fashion during the Ashes, India can not expect any mercy from this lefty fast bowler.
“We are going to play the way we've been playing over the past 18 months and as a batting unit we'll be aggressive as well," he warns.
| Bowling lengths | Runs | Balls | Econ | %of balls bowled | Wkts | Dismissal% | Dot ball% |
| Full Toss | 2 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.40% | 0 | 0% | 80.0% |
| Yorker | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 1.00% | 0 | 0% | 100.0% |
| Full/Half Volley | 129 | 187 | 4.1 | 16.50% | 9 | 24% | 69.5 |
| Good Length | 79 | 387 | 1.2 | 34.20% | 16 | 43% | 88.1% |
| Back of Length | 233 | 345 | 4.1 | 30.50% | 8 | 22% | 71.6% |
| Short | 74 | 197 | 2.3 | 17.40 | 4 | 11% | 87.3% |
