3 defining moments from India's win over England at Lord's in 2014

Sharma's short-ball barrage

England v India: 2nd Investec Test - Day Five

Ishant Sharma's fast-bowling stint at Lord's is meant to be forever enshrined and commemorated as one of the greatest spells in Indian pace-bowling history. A spell that led India to their first victory in a foreign Test in nearly three painful years. Unlike Kumar's expertise in seam and control, this voodoo was characterized by sheer aggression and rage.

In chase of a 300-plus runs target and initially down and out at 72 for 4, Moeen Ali and Joe Root had piled up a significant partnership in the opening session of the day. With tenacity and gritty skill, they looked set to move into lunch with no blows taken.

Ishant, however, had other ideas. He served up a surprising short delivery at Ali, right at the brink of lunch. Not expecting such a hostile delivery that was heading up to his head, Ali half-ducked, half-bunted at it. The old cherry smashed into his gloves and was gobbled by Pujara at short leg. India had made the dent, only for the havoc to unroll in the post-lunch session.

Matt Prior played a stroke what most described as a shocker. With three men out in the deep and two overs left before the new ball became due, he hooked Sharma straight down the throat of one of the fielders deep in the leg-side. Sharma got a sniff. So did India. The trap had worked.

What followed was an engrossing spell that not many could get their eyes off from. Within a space of some deliveries (read breaths), Sharma had knocked off both Ben Stokes and Joe Root with seething short balls headed to their skulls: the incomplete pulls and hooks only making it as far as in the hands of the running-in fielders.

Sharma was wildly darting around all over Lord's; the fielders tailing him as India pulled off a remarkable victory to go 1-0 up in the series. His sensational figures of 7 for 74 still remain his career-best numbers.