India on Monday scored one of its finest wins in recent times, against a quality opposition that prides on its fearless brand of cricket. That too, after losing the first Test despite taking a first-innings lead of 190.
Not surprisingly, Rahul Dravid is a happy man. “We are happy we could bounce back,” said India’s coach after the 106-run victory against England in the second Test. “But we recognise it is going to be a fantastic series and some tough cricket will be played over the next three games.”
He said India, despite being put under pressure, was kept in the game by two fine individual performances. “Yashasvi’s brilliant innings and then Bumrah’s spell kept us in the game in the first two days and put us ahead by 143 runs. Then we needed a bit more of a team performance to get us over the line. So it was quite pleasing, after going down in the last Test match and then losing a few players.”
