India challenge finds Broad appeal

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Leicestershire paceman Broad is in confident mood after inspiring his county to victory with an awesome personal performance against Derbyshire last week, which comprised match figures of eight for 116 in addition to 131 unbeaten runs with the bat.

"They're world-class players but they can still nick the ball," said Broad. "I will try to bowl aggressively - we talk about bowling aggressively as a group - and that will hopefully get rewards."

But for a cortisone injection in Chris Tremlett's shoulder, which eased soreness sufficiently, Broad would have made his Test debut against India last week.

He could not have reacted in any better way than he did at Grace Road, however, culminating in the second innings when he hit a career-best unbeaten 91 and then instigated a collapse on the final morning with five of the final seven wickets to fall in a nailbiting chase.

"It was good for me to come back from the Test match squad disappointment so well," added Broad.

"I was warned to prepare to play because there were some niggles around and was kept on just to see if everyone got through the warm-up sessions."