Former England skipper, Michael Vaughan has said he doesn’t see Joe Root and his men will manage to make a comeback into the 5-Test series after losing the 2nd Test by a crushing margin of 151 runs at Lord’s, London on Monday. Vaughan said India is fired up after scripting a remarkable comeback on the final day of the Lord’s Test and it will be difficult for the English side to stop the visitors.

England were the favorites to take a 1-0 lead in the series ahead of Day 5 after having restricted India to 181 for 6. However, India scripted a stunning comeback with Mohammed Shami smashing a fifty and Jasprit Bumrah hanging around for a solid 34 as the two tail-enders added 89 not out for the 9th wicket. After picking up 2 wickets early, India went on to bowl England out for 120 in less than 52 overs to go 1-0 up in the 5-match series.

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Talking about the same during a chat on BBC, Michael Vaughan said, “England has prodded them. They have fired them up. It will take a very good England team to come back from here – and I don’t think they will. It’s going to be a long three Test matches from here.”

Jasprit Bumrah and James Anderson were seen engaging in verbal banter on Day 4 when the India pacer peppered the England veteran with bouncers. In fact, Virat Kohli conceded that the on-field banter with England did give their bowlers the motivation to go for the win on Monday.

Meanwhile, Michael Vaughan immensely criticized the tactics of Joe Root when England allowed Shami and Bumrah to stitch the frustrating partnership towards the end of the 2nd innings. India went from 194 for 7 to 298 for 8 before Kohli declared the Indian innings, setting England a target of 272 runs.

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Michael Vaughan elaborated, “They were all over the place. I’ve got no idea what they were thinking. The key when you’re under pressure is to keep things simple. You’re bowling to tailenders, bowl to hit the top of off stump, don’t bowl short and wide. Jasprit Bumrah had more fielders on the boundary than Rishabh Pant. They got the tactics completely wrong.”