Bumrah must play the 2nd Test come what may

England won the first Test, but Shubman Gill's India were not losers.

- Sanjay Manjrekar

England won the first Test, but Shubman Gill's India were not losers. Almost 500 runs in the first innings and close to 400 in the second innings was just an unbelievable performance from this young, inexperienced Indian batting line-up.

Every batter in this line-up is a T20 star, an impact player for their respective franchises. I also believe that T20 cricket is constantly working against your Test batting skills, so for this team to put up such an impressive Test batting performance, not once but twice, after an extensive 2-1/2 months of IPL cricket was just incredible.

It makes me proud of the cricket environment we have in which young cricketers come up the ranks having great T20 skills and exceptional ability for Test cricket at the same time.

India were unfortunate that on day five morning Leeds turned cold and the sun went behind the clouds, which meant the dry pitch wasn't getting drier and the cracks weren't widening.