New Delhi: Shubman Gill’s India will need to turn back to the history pages and take inspiration from the epic 1936/37 Ashes series if they have to secure a series win from here. The young Indian team arrived on English shores with high hopes, but few would have expected them to perform as they have, despite trailing in the series.
India are 1-2 down in the series after their heartbreaking loss at Lord’s, where the Indian lower order gave its all to eke out a win but fell agonisingly short in the end. The heroic efforts from Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah went in vain as India’s rearguard from 112/8 to 170 fell 22 runs short of what could have been a historic win for the visitors.
They now move to Manchester for the fourth Test with the hopes of bouncing back and levelling the series. For the unversed, India have never won a Test match at Old Trafford in Manchester, having lost four and drawn five matches so far.
India will need to emulate an 88-year-old record of Don Bradman’s Australia if they have to turn things around and secure a series win from here. The only team to win a five-match series after being 1-2 down after three Tests is the Australian team that won the 1936/37 Ashes after being 1-2 down and winning the series 3-2.
