“I feel super proud of the whole team, the pitch didn’t offer much in the first three days. The way we played this morning with Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah with the bat was important. We believed we could get them out in 60 overs and the bowlers were outstanding.”
The hosts appeared to fire India up during some tense verbal exchanges, with opener KL Rahul – player of the match for his first-innings 129 – saying: “If you go after one of our guys, all 11 of us will come at you.”
England captain Joe Root blamed himself for the reverse, despite his superb first-innings 180 not out and a top score of 33 in the hosts’ second innings.
His attack repeatedly bowled too short early in the Shami-Bumrah stand and by the time they adjusted, the batsmen were set.
“A lot of it falls on my shoulders,” said Root. “I’ve got to do a lot of learning and that if we find ourselves in a similar position that tactically I am better.”
Bumrah had Burns out for naught when the left-hander was caught off a leading edge at wide mid-off.
The struggling Sibley followed soon afterwards when he nicked a superb Shami leg-cutter to wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.
It was the first time in 141 years of Test cricket in England that both home openers had been out for a duck in the same innings The recalled Haseeb Hameed, in on a pair, was dropped in the slips on four before his nine off 45 balls ended when lbw to an Ishant Sharma nip-backer.
New batsman Jonny Bairstow, was out for just two when lbw to Ishant on review. And England’s 67-4 at tea became 67-5 three balls afterwards when Root was caught by Kohli at first slip off Bumrah for 33.
