Momentum with India, Pant absence a big loss
India, July 31 -- Question before the big Oval game: Which captain slept soundly last night and who tossed and turned in the bed?
After Old Trafford, Shubman Gill must have had a restful night in his St James's hotel suite while Ollie Pope, England's stand-in skipper, must have been troubled by uncomfortable thoughts.
Which is not surprising considering that England must be scarred after India's great escape in the fourth Test. Failure to close a game from a dominant position is likely to haunt them. On Day 4 with five sessions to go, with two wickets down for zero, with a team 311 behind, it was certain doom for India. The same dreadful situation a tennis player faces when 2-5, 0-40 down in the fifth set. England was like the nervous golfe...
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