England vs India, 2nd Test: Four things India should fix before the second test

#4 Cleaning up the tail quickly

Curran took the match away from the Indians with both the bat and ball

At Edgbaston, India allowed the English tail to wag in the second innings. From 87/7, England mustered 180 runs to set up challenging target of 194 in the second innings.

Sam Curran came in at number eight and smashed 63 runs off just 65 balls to give England the upper edge. He formed a crucial 48-run ninth wicket partnership with Adil Rashid before another 41-run partnership with Stuart Broad meant the Poms set a decent total on a difficult wicket.

Hindsight is always of the if’s and what’s but it really does not count for anything in real time. Ishant Sharma was the bright spark in the second innings along with Ravi Ashwin and both accounted for 13 out of the 20 English wickets in the match. However, the onus will be on the rest of the bowling attack to support the rest of the team.