Team India Test captain Shubman Gill was “extremely proud” of the fight that his team put up despite the loss. Still, he also rued the absence of another fifty partnership and Rishabh Pant’s first innings run-out in their 22-run defeat against England in the third Test at the Lord’s as well. Ravindra Jadeja fought well with an unbeaten 61 off 181 balls and nearly took India home with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj before the team got all out for 170 as well.

“Extremely proud it was as close a Test match as it can get, played over five days and comes down to the last session. I was pretty confident of our chances with plenty of batting left. We needed a couple of 50-run partnerships but we weren’t able to get that,” Shubman Gill said during the post-match presentation.

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However, he also admitted that had Rishabh Pant not been run out in the first innings, India could have managed a 70 to 80-run lead and may not have had to chase nearly 200 on a tricky fifth-day pitch as well. He also opined on personal milestones as KL Rahul stated that he had a discussion with Rishabh Pant about reaching his hundred before lunch as well.

“Actually it was an error of judgement as far as the run is concerned and that can happen. And if you look closely, it was KL bhai, who was running at the danger’s end,” he added.

He also backed veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s tactic of not going for big shots with two wickets left as well.

“He is very experienced and there was no message sent. He batted brilliantly with the tail. It was the final hour (on day four), we could have applied ourselves better. Of 15 days of Test cricket, we dominated the maximum days but the sessions that were bad were so bad that we lost two games. The series scorecard won’t reflect how we have played,” Shubman Gill concluded.