Joe Root of England holds his head to his bat as he leaves the pitch after being bowled by India’s Shardul Thakur on the fifth day of the fourth Test at the Oval cricket ground in London, Monday, September 6.
english captain Joe Root On Monday, he lamented that he could not take a big lead in the first innings after bowling India out for 191 runs and also dropped some tough catches that cost him the fourth Test.
However, the home captain vowed to make a strong comeback at Old Trafford in the final Test starting on 10 September.
England took advantage of the conditions on the second day to take a 99-run lead, but India made a big effort in the second innings to set the hosts a tight target of 368 runs and won the competition by a wide margin of 157 runs.
“We should have got a bigger lead with the bat the first time around. It would have been nice to actually score 100 more, and then we’re looking at a very different, very different game,” Root said in the post. The media corresponds to the interaction.
“To lose 10 wickets today is disappointing. But where the game has really been lost, where we could have really taken possession of things, was in the first game.”
Root also lamented some of the fallen catches including the second innings century Rohit Sharma Slip-on by Rory Burns which proved decisive in the end.
“We had to be a little more ruthless there, scoring runs in the first innings as well as catching us was costly. We missed some chances, some of them were extremely difficult.
“And it has to be said but at the same time you give chances and half chances to world class players. They take them, and we’ve seen that throughout the game.”
England were all out for 210 for two for 141 as India won the fourth Test by 157 runs to take a 2-1 lead.
It was all downhill for England after Haseeb Hameed was dismissed for 63 as they lost four for six Jasprit Bumrah Talking the ball to your unstoppable reverse-swing.
“It’s disappointing and disappointing, especially with a Test match going out, it’s hard to take the opportunity.
“But you also have to see how we reacted at Lord’s and how we did at Headingley,” he said, referring to his series-level win in the last Test.
“When we go to Old Trafford we’ve got an eye to do exactly that. We’re very confident because we’ve just recently shown that we are capable of turning things around very quickly.
“We’re going to make sure we get ourselves in a frame of mind to do that over the next few days. We’re very confident that we can go to Old Trafford and win.”
The captain had to deal with a few injuries, including the pace duo of Jofra Archer and Stuart Broad, while his talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes took an “indefinite break” from cricket.
In such a situation, most of his workload has fallen on his experienced fast bowler James Anderson.
Asked if he would look into the rotation, he said: “We’ll have to look at things, we’ll see how everyone pulls up over the next few days and we’ll try to make smart decisions around that.”
“It’s been disappointing in terms of having abundant resources to deal with multiple injuries. So now I have to try and at the same time make sure we have an attack that can take 20 wickets. It’s a delicate one. Balancing act, which we’ll try and make sure we get right.”
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