"The hosts are all fired up. Confidence is high, they believe they can beat India and they are hungry to be No.1 in the world. I can't see India stopping them and it would be an amazing turnaround if they beat England," Boycott said.
Boycott feels the Indian bowling attack, which was ripped apart by the English before the hosts won by 196 runs in the Lord's Test, lacks the zing to worry England.
Zaheer Khan is a quality bowler but even before the series started I never expected him to survive four Test matches in five weeks. His ability has never been in doubt but his fitness has always been a worry.
Harbhajan Singh may have 400 Test-match wickets but all the England batsmen played him with ease at Lord's. I think he is too slow through the air.
The former batsman feels it will be a challenge for India to survive the hostile bowling attack of England.
I know the Indian batting had problems with Sachin Tendulkar weighed down by the weight of expectation at Lord's and a viral infection in the second innings," Boycott said.
The 70-year-old also had a lot of good things to say about England's pace trio of James Anderson, Chris Tremlett and Stuart Broad.
James Anderson is now a top-class bowler. His movement of the ball is his key strength. If you keep swinging and seaming at a pretty good pace, and put it in difficult areas for batsmen often enough, you will get wickets, and that is what he does.
At Lord's, Stuart Broad was unrecognisable from the guy who bowled all over the place against Sri Lanka. The key at Lord's was that he bowled with pace and pitched it up around off stump," he added.
The great thing for England is they have two good back-up seamers queuing up to come into the team.
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