Regardless of what happens in the next few overs, India played some wonderfully competitive cricket and kept genuine test cricket alive through their efforts and perseverance. This is a young side, and they will take a lot of experience and learnings from this tour.
Some key areas that should be noted and applauded
- Excellent cricket in the first test, had some key moments went their way they could have been up.
- A fighting comeback in the second test, Shubman Gill showed the world why he has the potential to be captain fantastic, and Akash Deep showed that he can make the ball talk like great bowlers
- An agonising defeat in the third, some lower order heroics unfortunately went unrewarded, had luck been on their side they would have won this match.
- Another fighting draw England were beaten black and blue by India
- One foot on the boundary rope away from victory.
In addition they have unearthed some future ATG's in Washington, Jaiswall and Gill while trail blazing the way with workforce management with Bumrah. In years to come India's handling of their prized asset will be reflected upon and become the new normal in cricket. Moreover, many posters thought this Indian attack would concede 800 runs regularly, that did not happen, not even once!|
They will likely lose this match, but I don't think they should be mocked or ridiculed. Only small moments in all of these matches had to go their way and they could have been 5-0 winners of the series. Thats how fine the margins were.