India, July 14 -- India came close, but not close enough. And in the end, they fell short by 23 runs to give England a 2-1 lead in the five-match series for the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy. A Test cricket purist cannot ask for more. From being 112/8, when all hopes and beliefs were lost, India's lower order, which has come under the scanner for all the wrong reasons lately, showed stomach for a fight. It was because of Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja that India were able to reduce the margin of the defeat. Sure, one school of thought will say that India bottled an easy chase - and that is true - but let it not overshadow the spirit shown by India's 9, 10 and 11 batters, along with the one and only Jadeja.

Jadeja added 30...