Unlike in their 2021 series loss, England’s spin attack will emerge from this tour with credit. They deserve chances elsewhere
For India this was unremarkable yet invigorating, another series victory at home but with a collection of fresh faces. There were the two at the finish line in Ranchi: Dhruv Jurel, 23, two games in with the gloves and already a headliner; Shubman Gill, 24, still rectifying a middling Test record while classily ensconcing himself at No 3.
Then there is the 22-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is averaging a touch under 70, has the remarkable Maidan-made origin story and raises his arms like Jude Bellingham because he knows he also has it all. These boys, bred on Indian Premier League glitz, can also dead-bat it like grandpa said to.
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