Running out of adjectives for Kohli and Ashwin

“There is no imagination from the coach or captain”, he says. However, before any reply from the duo could come, Anderson seemed to have realized that he over spoke at that moment. “Jimmy came out last night and showed no experience with the Indian press”, Vaughan told the BBC on Monday (December 12).

England fast bowler James Anderson is unimpressed by master India batsman Virat Kolhi whom he thinks benefited from a friendly home pitch that covered up his technical deficiencies. “But this team, certainly, is the No. 1 team in the world today and it has the potential to become the best ever Test team in terms of results“.

India were in danger of falling behind on first innings here, until Kohli and Jayant joined forces. He is well known for his aggression and never-say-die spirit, and his team-mates are slowly imbibing it.

England resumed their second innings on 182-6 on the final morning, trailing by 49 runs but still harbouring hopes of earning a lead and forcing an unlikely victory to keep the series alive.

Kohli described this win as the best so far under his leadership.

Alastair Cook today conceded there are now questions over his role as England captain and admitted Joe Root is ready to take over.

Virat had averaged an abysmal 20.12 in the previous 9 test matches against England and had scored over 50 runs in just one match.

The Englishmen had registered a healthy total of 400 all out in the first innings but India amassed a huge 631, thanks to Kohli’s splendid 235.

Eventually, Ashwin had the last laugh by dismissing Anderson and sealing India’s innings victory which gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead too.

In hindsight, you can find several faults with England. 230 for two we had an opportunity to go a bit bigger than that, but I thought 400 in those conditions was good and just above par. “I would like to see guys like KL Rahul and Karun Nair to contribute in the Chennai Test”, said Laxman to CricketCountry. These are just exceptional performances that the tourists are still struggling to find answers for, and we’re nearly at the end of the series.

“It deflates the opposition when the lower order contributes”. It was the second time that Team India has achieved this feat. “The way Jayant Yadav has performed needs to be praised”, Thakur told ANI in an exclusive conversation.

England have contributed to all this by showing a false sense of bravado while batting, and by not having world-class spinners.

However, the blame did not entirely lie with the English captain, as VVS pointed out: “It is important that the batsmen who get their eyes in and get starts should convert them into big scores”.