The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium has garnered a lot of criticism as the third Test between India and England finished in just a couple of days. And while England skipper Joe Root didn’t directly criticize the wicket, he said that him managing to take his maiden 5-fer summed things up.

Talking about his 5-fer, Joe Root said, “I think it sums up the wicket, if I am getting a fifer. Congratulations to Ishant (Sharma) for 100 Tests and (Ravichandran) Ashwin for 400 Test wickets.”

Root was also critical of the effort of the English batsmen in the first innings on the opening day of the Test match as they won the toss and looked in command at 74/2 before throwing it away.

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Describing the same, Root said, “We were 70 for 2. But we didn’t really capitalize on it. 250 on that wicket would have made it different. We will come back using this hurt and come back as a better team.” Commenting on the ball and how it skidded on, making it difficult for the batsmen, Root said: “The plastic coating on the ball gathered pace off the wicket. It was high-quality bowling as well.”

The English skipper further added, “Both sides struggled on that wicket. We don’t define ourselves on a performance like this. We shouldn’t have any baggage from the previous games going into the last game. We have seen with the ball in hand, we can pick up wickets.”

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Riding on brilliant spells of spin bowling from Axar Patel (11/70) and Ravichandran Ashwin (7/74), India registered a comprehensive 10-wicket win over England to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series. Now, England is now out of contention from reaching the World Test Championship final with New Zealand. If India managed to win or draw the four-match Test then they will be reaching the final otherwise Australia will qualify.