ENGLAND crumbled to a crushing defeat in the Fourth Test as they were brushed aside for just 135 all out in their second innings. Joe Root's team looked shot to pieces, devoid of every last drop of confidence and technical knowledge of how to resist India's spin bowlers. The margin of defeat was an innings and 25 runs and India won the series 3-1. Right now, it is a wonder how England managed to win the First Test of the series. It seems a heck of a long time ago. England's batsmen tried to be more positive and aggressive against Axar Patel and Ravi Ashwin but the result was the same – a clatter of wickets. India's two spinners harvested five more wickets each. Dan Lawrence did his cause some good with a half-century but most of his colleagues either did not possess the defensive skills to stay in or chose the wrong ball or the wrong shot with which to try to attack. England have now been bowled out for fewer than 200 in six of their last seven innings. The exception was the first innings of the Fourth Test, when they scraped their way to 205 all out…. Read full this story
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