Shoaib Bashir’s reaction after he was bowled by Ravindra Jadeja at Dharamshala summed up, in a way, the five-match Test series between India and England. The tall off-spinner signalled a review immediately.
England, after scoring a sensational come-from-behind victory in the first Test at Hyderabad, failed to get a grip on things against a formidable Indian team that played most of the series without some of its most formidable players.
If a team could win a series 4-1 without men like Virat Kohli, K.L. Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami against a confident side that had behind it some of the most stunning Test wins of the last couple of years, that is quite something. India’s comprehensive triumph should rank among its finest.
