At the point final day of the second England-India Test began at Lord’s,England had their noses ahead. When, in the fourth over of the day, Ollie Robinson had Rishabh Pant caught behind, England were top picks to take a 1-0 lead in the series. However, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah went to add 89 runs in a whole represent the 10th wicket – in a highly charged air, with verbals and bouncers flying – to set England an objective of 272 in at least 60 overs. The Indian seamers – Bumrah, Shami, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Siraj – then, at that point chased in a pack to bowl England out for 120 with 8.1 overs left in the Test. Here’s the way Virat Kohli surveyed his side’s appearance in the thing was a wavering Test.

On the win: ‘We had the belief that we could get them out in those 60 overs’

“Super proud of the whole team, the manner in which we adhered to our arrangements in this Test match subsequent to being placed in. Our presentation with the bat was exceptional. The pitch didn’t offer much [to the bowlers] in the initial three days to be straightforward. I think the principal day was most difficult [for the batters], after that it was very hard for the bowlers to acquire anything from the track yet I think the manner in which we played in the subsequent innings, in the wake of being put under tension earlier today, Jasprit and Shami, was totally remarkable.

“We thought 60 overs to go, we could have a crack at the result, and we had the belief that we could get them out in those 60 overs. I think the bowlers were just outstanding and what happened in our second innings, right at the end with the bowlers, a bit of tension on the field [and needle between the teams] really helped us and really motivated us to finish this game.”

On lower order’s contribution with bat: ‘They have that desire in them to do the job’
Just to hail what Jasprit and Shami did… It takes a great deal of character and heart to play under those conditions as bowlers who don’t get a lot to bat, and simply putting their hand up for the group when we required it most, it was something that we were truly pleased with and we need to tell them. They were energized and both took the new ball and made us two leaps forward also, which were critical for us.

“When we were our most successful in Test cricket for a year and a half, our lower order was contributing big time and that’s something that we went away from a little bit when we play away from home. So that was one of our focuses, the batting coach has really worked hard with the boys and they are putting in the hard work. Most importantly when they walk out to bat, they believe that they can stay there and give some runs for the team. I think that belief was missing [before]; we were practising but now they have that desire in them to do the job for the team and we know how priceless those runs are and that proved to be the case even today as well.”

Comparing this victory to the 2014 Lord’s win ‘What occurred on the field truly energized us’

“I was part of the winning Test match last time when I was a player under MS [Dhoni]. That was pretty special as well, Ishant bowled an outstanding spell. In that game, we put them under pressure on day four itself.

“However, this one, to get an outcome in 60 overs, when we as a whole suspected how about we simply have a turn what we have before us… It’s very unique and particularly when somebody like Siraj is playing interestingly at Lord’s and bowling the manner in which he did, [it] was remarkable. As I said, what occurred on the field [the verbals] truly energized us and gave us that additional inspiration to polish the game off.”

On the timing of the declaration: ‘I thought anything under 55 doesn’t sound right’

“It was more a case of ‘what’s the number of overs we are comfortable with’. I thought anything under 55 doesn’t sound right, I don’t want to walk off the field later thinking ‘what if we had four or five more overs left with us’. We decided, okay, 60 is our mark, and we are going to have a crack at them in 60 overs but, as I said, the crucial breakthroughs with the ball were the right start for us and we carried on from there.
“We have three more games to go, our aim is five Test matches. We are not going to sit on our laurels after this match and just take it easy. If at all, we going to get more intense and more precise in what we do in the next outing.”