India lasted all of 117 balls on day four to lose the Leeds Test by an innings and 76 runs. Ollie Robinson claimed five wickets as Virat Kohli and Co crumbled in the face of some very accurate bowling.
Given no breathing space by the England bowlers, India’s batsmen kept nicking the ball behind the wickets. The visitors were always under the pump but losing their last 8 wickets for just 63 runs came as a shock, as it happened for the second time in the match and despite a fine rearguard on day three.
In the post-match interview, Kohli admitted that after being all out for 78, India were always playing a catch-up game.
“Basically down to scoreboard pressure... Always up against it when you get out for under 80, and the opposition puts up such a big score,” Kohli said.
“But we did well to stay in the game yesterday, fight back as much as we could, and gave ourselves a chance. But the pressure today was outstanding from the England bowlers and eventually they got the results they wanted,” he added.
The series is now tied at 1-1 with two Tests to go.
Here are some reactions to India’s defeat:
2️⃣7️⃣ wins as Test captain@root66 becomes our most successful skipper ever 👏
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 28, 2021
🏴 #ENGvIND 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/A5VR285aDf
Most Test wins as England captain 🏴:
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) August 28, 2021
27 Joe Root
26 Michael Vaughan
24 Andrew Strauss & Alastair Cook
20 Peter May
3 of England's past 4 Test wins at Headingley, Leeds have been by an innings
India's past 4 Test losses by an innings have all been in England#ENGvIND
Fantastic ruthless performance from England .. that’s as good as it gets .. To do that after Lords shows great character which comes from the Skipper .. India !!!!! A few days to forget .. they really have been useless !!! #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 28, 2021
One trait which this team India knows is to make a comeback,hoping for that again. Well done @ECB_cricket you played an outstanding game of cricket! #IndvsEng
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) August 28, 2021
Heartbreaking defeat,esp after how things panned out yesterday. The new ball was always going to be the difference.
— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) August 28, 2021
The last time when #TeamIndia lost a match by an Inns against England in Leeds was way back on 2nd July 1959. 1-1 onto the next.#ENGvIND #Leedstest #INDvENG
#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/9ivjLaeRDj
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 28, 2021
Tough to digest. #INDvsEND #ENGvIND
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) August 28, 2021
India at Leeds 2021
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 28, 2021
Ist inns: lost last 8 wickets for 57 runs in 30 overs
2nd inns: lost last 8 wickets for 63 runs in 16.1 overs
#EngvInd #ENGvsIND#IndvEng #IndvsEng
England taking India's last 8 wickets for <70 in both innings of a Test:
— Andrew Samson (@AWSStats) August 28, 2021
Manchester 1952 (5-2 to 58 & 55-2 to 82)
Leeds 2021 (21-2 to 78 & 215-2 to 278)
56/3 to 78 all out in 1st innings
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) August 28, 2021
237/3 to 278 all out in 2nd innings
63 runs from last 7 wickets across two innings.
In 554 Tests, there's been only one worse performance for India. At Pune vs Australia in 2017 the last 7 wickets added just 41 runs in the match.#ENGvIND
More Headingley carnage pic.twitter.com/0Pje4fFI9D
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) August 28, 2021
Runs so far in this series:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 28, 2021
Joe Root : 507, 5 innings
Kohli + Pujara + Rahane : 381 runs, 16 innings #ENGvIND
Since the start of England series in 2016, Rahane has averaged 33.77 in 48 Tests - which is roughly two-thirds of his career.
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) August 28, 2021
No other Indian top or middle batsman in the last 31 years have averaged under 35 across a 48-Test stretch in his career.#ENGvIND
Great teams can’t be so mercurial unpredictable and inconsistent so frequently @imVkohli @RaviShastriOfc
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) August 28, 2021
Career batting average in Tests:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 28, 2021
Till 2019 | Now
Kohli : 54.97 | 51.14
Pujara : 49.48 | 45.59
Rahane : 43.74 | 40.18#ENGvsIND
Also ends India’s mighty 54-year unbeaten run in Tests at Headingley. And we thought Australia losing at the Gabba after 32 years in January was something. So what if this was only India’s 4th Test at Leeds since that last defeat in 1967 #EngvIND
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) August 28, 2021
Are we allowed to call that an abject surrender? The capitulation was similar to the 2014 collapses. Similar collapses followed then after the Lord's Test win in 2014 and the series was lost 1-3 then #cricket #EngvInd
— Chandresh Narayanan (@chand2579) August 28, 2021
They said good day for batting, so India ensured England don't get to bat again. #ENGvIND
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) August 28, 2021