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Gill, Akash Deep and Siraj as souvenirs. The visitors barely put a foot wrong in this Test after being put into bat on the first morning. The captain led the way and the lower middle-order stepped up as well to post a mammoth 587 on the board. A major difference between the two teams was what their bowlers did in the window where the ball was still new and hard. While England didn't find the pitch to their liking, the skiddier Indian seamers - led by Akash Deep - targetted the stumps from different angles and got the ball nipping around. England were reduced to 84/5 in the first innings, and to 83/5 in the second. Those two bursts, along with that crucial one with the second new ball to end a rampaging stand between Jamie Smith and Harry Brook put England a long way behind the eight-ball, never giving a chance to recover.
