Contrary to popular expectation, the end came swiftly for India on Day 4 of the third Test against England at Headingley on Saturday.
The visitors, dismissed for 278 15 minutes before lunch, lost eight wickets for 63 runs to lose by an innings and 76 runs with more than a day to spare. The five-match series now stands at 1-1 with two more Tests to go.
India’s fate rested in the hands of their three most experienced batsmen — Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane — who collectively have an experience of 261 Tests between them. But then vagaries of cricket never cease to amaze.
On a bright and sunny day, ideal for batting, England pacer Ollie Robinson dismantled the famed Indian middle order, piece by piece.
The morning belonged to the 27-year-old seamer, who finished with figures of 5-65, his second fifer of the series, overshadowing his senior partner James Anderson.
The 6ft 5in quick has put behind a tumultuous start to his international career by delivering when most of the regulars are unavailable due to different reasons. Robinson was barred for eight matches by the ECB earlier in the season for his ‘racist and sexist’ tweets posted back in 2012 and 2013.
For India, a lot depended on the kind of start Kohli and Pujara — the two overnight batsmen — would have provided against the second new ball.
This story is from the August 29, 2021 edition of The Times of India Hyderabad.
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