London, July 28 -- Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, lauded the Indian Men's Cricket Team for their "remarkable fightback" during the recently concluded fourth Test against England at Manchester, which ended in a draw on Sunday.

Speaking during an event on the occasion of the team's visit to the Indian High Commission in London on Monday, Doraiswami hailed the player's resilience and fighting spirit, reflecting the ethos of a "new India."

"The Manchester Test was a remarkable fightback by the Indian team... In the spirit of good friendship, from now on, we can always refer to batsmen's pitches as English pitches, rather than sub-continental ones... We got a chance to see Test cricket played the way it is intended to...