Ash anna, on point, as usual.

Something interesting on how KL Rahul has tackled this series so far. 1st two tests: Mainly scored through covers (and third man - some were edges) on the fuller deliveries Last 2 tests: Faced more no. of fuller deliveries, but kept front foot drives in check + #ENGvIND

If Bethell and Root are expected to play the role of spinners & 5/6th bowlers, then I doubt the pitch will have anything for the spinners. Green top loading then ?

I dabbled around with some cricket data over the past week and ended up uncovering some surprising findings on the relationship between dew and T20 batting. I think it's the best cricket data piece I've yet written, so let me know what you think! open.substack.com/pub/kohliandki…

I have a feeling we will have a green surface for the 5th test. Lack of spin option to hold one end tight could mean good seaming conditions on offer. I think we will see Karun Nair back for Shardul, and Jurel for Pant (the obvious change). We can play with 3 seamers + 2 ARs

Shubman Gill this series has grown as a leader and batter. Yes he made his share of mistakes, that’s what we expect from a young leader. We saw two different versions of him during this series. I hope he finishes the series well! #ENGvIND #ENGvsIND

Jurel, Karun, Prasidh in. 3 seamers + 2 AR spin options, fair team imo.

Jaiswal by his standards is having a subpar series. Less than 300 runs in 9 innings, despite starting well with a hundred is not the typical Jaiswal we know of.

2 run outs could cost us a 5-match test series. This was so not needed!

And Mean reversion knock from Jaiswal comes very quickly, hope he converts this into a big one now

This is going to be a difficult series to digest

Looks like we are heading towards 9th loss in 13 matches. Surely a change of some sorts has to happen.

Best Siraj has ever bowled, across formats. He may never bowl like this again, this is the absolute peak.

Jurel!! How?

Siraj!!!!!!!!!!! Damnnnn What a game

One of my favourite quotes from the legendary Naval’s book. A reminder that Siraj can be praised without deriding Bumrah.