{ "id": "137104", "author": "26", "cnmid": "", "title": "Wake-Up Call As India Look For Quick Fix In Second Test Against England", "lang": "en", "series": "582", "cup_year": "2024", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "England's attacking \"Bazball\" style of play trumped India at home in the first Test but pundits and cricketers on Monday said the hosts\u00a0remain favourites in the five-match series.", "subtype": null, "editor1": "

England's attacking "Bazball" style of play trumped India at home in the first Test but pundits and cricketers on Monday said the hosts remain favourites in the five-match series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit Sharma's India lost the nail-biting opener by 28 runs in Hyderabad on Sunday on day four of the Test, after being ahead in the match for most of the opening three days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

England's fearless "Bazball" brand of play devised by coach Brendon McCullum and skipper Ben Stokes has brought the team 14 victories in 19 Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Bazball: Believe the hype", a headline in the Indian Express daily read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It was India's fourth loss in their last 47 Tests at home since 2013 -- and their first-ever after leading by 190 runs in the first innings of a home game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's just a wake-up call for India," former England captain Nasser Hussain told Sky Sports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"England have shown that they're not a side to be messed with," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"This is a confident side; they have great self-belief in the way they are playing the game. They are fully behind their captain. They are fully behind their coach."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Home spinners led by Ravichandran Ashwin came under attack by the opposition's fearless approach led by Ollie Pope's 196, an innings built around sweeps and reverse sweeps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The India team underachieve more than any team that I've seen in sport," former England captain Michael Vaughan wrote in London's Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But he said England could not rest on their laurels.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I still think India are favourites to win the series, because they will react... But India will be second-guessing themselves about what pitches to prepare," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I said before the series I thought India were better off preparing a flatter wicket than one with more turn," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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'Hartley and Soul' -<\/p>\r\n\r\n

India faltered in their chase of 231 and after Rohit fell for 39 off debutant left-arm spinner Tom Hartley, who returned figures of 7-62, the innings crumbled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Hartley and Soul", the Times of India newspaper headline read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The pitch in Hyderabad was not a rank turner but offered help to the spinners like any other sub-continent wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But it was the England spinners who got more out of the conditions than the experienced home trio of Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ashwin, an off-spinner, and Jadeja, a left-arm orthodox, shared five wickets between them in England's second innings but the tourists overcame a big trail to post 420.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pope's unorthodox approach blunted the spin threat and later England's slow bowlers made it count. Hartley rattled the Indian chase along with an injured Jack Leach and part-timer Joe Root.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But India coach Rahul Dravid said his team's spinners will come back strong in the second Test starting Friday in Visakhapatnam.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We have to get more disciplined with where we pitch the ball; we will work on it and we will get better at it as we got some world-class spinners," Dravid told reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's not the first time that we've been challenged. One of the good things about our spinners is that they've always come back."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In England's last Test series in India in 2021, the visitors won the opening game but the scoreline ended 3-1 in favour of the hosts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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