While the senior Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has felt disturbing the Lord’s Test defeat, he also believes that India can still make a comeback in this long five-match Test series.
Facing the toughest batting condition after losing the toss in the rain-marred second Test at Lord’s, the Indian team was bundled out for just 107 runs. After a struggling period with 131/5, England moved out from the tough situation by Chris Woakes (137*) and Jonny Bairstow’s (93) brilliant batting performances as England put 396/7 on the board before the declaration and took a massive 289-run lead.
In the second innings, India’s disaster batting performances continued as they were bundled out for just 130 runs and England won by an innings and 159 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin’s 33 not out in the second innings was the only 30+ knock by an Indian batsman in the whole Test match.
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While Gambhir admitted that India faced the tougher batting condition in both the innings, he still believes that defeat very disturbing.
According to TOI, the 36-year-old left-handed opening batsman said, “The way we lost the Test match was very disturbing. There was no fight shown by the Indian batters and yes the conditions were a little difficult in both the innings for them, but you don’t expect this team to bundle out in literally three days. They should have shown some fight in the second session to take the game into the final day and anything could have happened from there on.”
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With this second Test victory, England has taken a massive 2-0 lead in the five-match Test series. However, Gambhir still believes that India can make a comeback in this series, which is very tough but not impossible.
Gambhir commented, “India can make a comeback, but it is always difficult to make a comeback to win all the three games. They still have an opportunity to think about drawing the series. They can look to win 2 Tests out of the remaining 3 and then look at the way forward. They should take one Test match at a time.”
