When Mohali test began, nobody would have thought it would end in a fashion. Yet it has become a trend for Present Indian cricket team to snatch matches in style and glamour. We witnessed two certain phases in the cricket match when it looked like that it was totally one sided match and English all preparations were picked out of the game.
However, the half centuries by some English player and 5 wicket hall for Ben Stokes too showed some character to fight, yet it was not enough to demonstrate what happened in the whole test match. England had to bounce back in the first innings after great efforts of Joni Bairstow.
However, the first phase of the one-sided test match was witnessed during the first innings of Indian batting card when England managed to get rid of Indian top and middle order and India was 204 for 6 and yet it managed to reach around 417 at the end of the innings.
This first demonstration of one sided game by Indian lower order was possible due to 3 half centuries by all three spinners that included scores of 72, 90 and 55 by all three spinners who proved more than worthy with the bat as much as they deserve to perform through their balling performance too. The second moment came into witness when Indian spinners rankled English batsmen in the end of the 3rd day when England lost wicket in flurry with scoring only 78 for 4 wickets at the end of 3rd day play.
The final nail in the coffin was done by Shami who displayed great skill of pace thus the two phases of the test match brought delight for Indian to seal their 2nd victory in this 5 match test series making this test match a complete one sided show for the Indians...
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