Slow and steady: On India’s Test series win against England

It was back to the tried and tested methods as India's practitioners of the slow-art, especially R. Ashwin and debutant Axar Patel, helped Virat Kohli's men clinch a 3-1 Test series triumph over England. India's innings and 25-run victory in the fourth Test at Ahmedabad , concluded a series that was largely one-sided barring England's win in the opening encounter at Chennai . Like it did in Australia, India shrugged aside the early loss and turned around its fortunes in riveting fashion. The pitches on offer, especially for the third game, may not have been ideal, tending to age faster besides providing the obvious impetus to spin. Despite the surface-tension, the strips were in no way diabolical like some of the 22-yards offered in the past, especially in the 1980s when a few pitches made batting arduous. In the latest series, after skipper Joe Root's double ton in Chennai set the stage for an England ambush, a stung India mounted a fiery comeback and ensured that the Englishmen never repeated their heroics of 1984 and 2012, when they humbled the host. This was not just another success at home as the four Tests were invested with the larger goal of… Read full this story

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