England bewitched by India with Shardul Thakur meriting acclaim

This was England’s third Test defeat of the summer but the inquest will surely be brief after a spellbinding win for IndiaForget about operas and fat ladies singing, you know a Test is over when India’s captain starts conducting. It happened here 24 minutes, five overs and two wickets after lunch on the final day, shortly after Ollie Pope’s stumps had been rearranged by Jasprit Bumrah. First a few overhead claps, then Virat Kohli extended his arms to full width and swayed them