Author; Viraj Karandikar
As a tustle for the Indian team on the English land went on to start with a positive note, the Rain Gods played a spoil sport on the last day of the match letting the potential win to a draw in disappointment for the Indian side.
After winning the toss England chose to bat first but, it was once again Bumrah leading the attack with 4 wickets and meant business with a complete Indian pace bowling masterclass where Root was the lone battler for England with with a 64 in first innings and a scintillating ton in the second giving a much needed fight back for the English side.
A promising comeback from KL Rahul as he showed why should Indian team trust him in every aspect of the game holding onto the nerves to see through the impeccable English Speedsters.
Amidst the roundgoing debates over dropping Ashwin and picking up Jadeja, he came in handy notching up a half century with a bat, whereas on the English side Robinson impressed with a five wicket haul in the first innings & was supported by Anderson picking up 4fer picking up the Indian Captain Virat Kohli for a Golden Duck & the likes of Rahul, Pujara & Shardul, it just seemed like an age is just a number for Anderson.
All in all it was a close matchup between both the teams but the advantage was with India on the final day with just 157 runs required and 9 wickets in hand on the final day, but the rain gods had another plans where they came to shatter the hopes of the first win for India, but proved to be a major boon to the Home Side, all in all it was just the trailer of how exciting this Series will turn on to be.
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