India vs England | A collective failure in the Lord's Test is really hard to accept, says Mohinder Amarnath

Mohinder felt that the loss in the second Test, by an innings and 159 runs, is a humiliation for the Indian cricket team. While the defeat in the first Test would have been somewhat acceptable, the second loss came as a severe blow according to him.

“Cheteshwar Pujara, for instance has sound technique which helps him occupy the crease for long. However, he tends to stop scoring and if a wicket falls at the other end, the scoreboard looks dismal, putting further pressure on the incoming batsman. A reluctance to rotate strike among the batsmen enables the bowlers to work on a batsman through an over,” wrote Mohinder.

“Our batsmen would do well to study how Virat Kohli is playing, with shots off the back foot. He has tweaked his game so that he can deal with the moving ball. They also need to realize that they need to keep the scoreboard moving since runs are critical even in such conditions. Maybe leaving out Shikhar Dhawan was not a good idea, as he has not done much worse than the others. Also, it might be good to play Ajinkya Rahane at number three,” he wrote.

“In many ways this was the game-changer as the absence of Umesh Yadav allowed Chris Woakes and Jonny Bairstow to flourish and take the game out of India's reach,” he added.