WHEN RESILIENCE SCRIPTED HISTORY ON THE PITCH

A couple of months ago, when Team India landed in England for a historic five-match test series, no one gave them a chance to come anywhere close to winning a test on English soil.

- By Anup V Menon

The cricket pundits, including those from India, had predicted an England win by a considerable margin. In fact, I wasn't too optimistic as well and had shared my reservations in one of my earlier columns on how we might fare as a team considering the fact that we are a young inexperienced team going through a major transition. With the likes of Rohit, Kohli and Ashwin not around anymore, it was going to be an uphill task to topple England in their backyard.

But then, what transpired on the field starting from Leeds to Birmingham to Lords to Old Trafford and lastly at Oval was nothing short of a brilliant cinematic masterpiece. It consisted of a storyline that had a compelling narrative with a well charted out screenplay and a strong cast to boot aided by some authentic performances with the captain of the ship leading the way. The replacement acts who came in place of their glorified predecessors, owned the script, played their role to perfection and wrote their own story.