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Much like the first Test that was ruined by classic English weather, opinion was split as to who would claim a 1-0 series lead heading into the final day of a riveting Lord’s Test.
Most believed that India’s chances depended a lot on the talented and dangerous Rishabh Pant. And rightly so, given that he was the only recognised batsman left among out-of-form tailenders.
However, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, who played key roles with the ball, produced an extraordinary partnership to completely sap England’s chances of victory. In addition, they shifted momentum their team’s way, with England looking mentally shot by the time they came to bat.
For the first time in England’s Test history, both their openers were dismissed for a duck in the same innings of a home Test. Despite fight from the likes of Jos Buttler, Joe Root’s wicket before tea put England right up against it.
India’s magnificent attack was too good for England’s brittle batting. Mohammed Siraj scriped another chapter in a beautiful story that is his cricketing rise, taking four wickets with shouts and screams that could be heard from Mumbai.
Skipper Virat Kohli put his batting worries aside to lead his team via fire and fight that England simply couldn’t cope with. “Super proud of the whole team, the way we stuck to our plans, being put in our performance with the bat was outstanding. Pitch didn’t offer much on first three days. But the way we played in the second innings, under pressure, from Jasprit and Shami was outstanding. We thought with 60 overs to go we could have a crack, and they were outstanding. A bit of tension on the field really motivated us to finish the game,” said Virat in the post-match presentation.
On the other side, Joe Root remained as positive as he could be, and recognised the errors in tactics during the crucial 9th wicket partnership. “You’re always trying to find ways to deal with things like that [dressing room nerves], we couldn’t see out the day which was frustrating but a lot of cricket to play and we’ll come back hard. A lot on my shoulders, as captain you take responsibility, tactically we could have done things differently – we went from a position where we could win to being behind,” said Root.