New Delhi: India squandered a great opportunity to take a massive step towards claiming a rare series win in England by losing a winnable Lord’s Test on the final day in London. After bowlers set up the match perfectly with a superb display on Day 4, batters failed to deliver as the visitors were blown away by English fast bowlers in the morning session.

Chasing a 192-run target, India lost four wickets in the final session on Day 4, four more in the first session on Day 5, one in the post-lunch session and the final in the last session to slump to a 22-run loss and 1-2 scoreline in the five-match series.

Similar to the first Test, India dominated the game for a large part of the game, but crumbled under pressure against a spirited English bowling attack.

Only Ravindra Jadeja (61 not out), KL Rahul (39) and the lower order showed some fight for the Indians, who never really got going during the run chase and lost wickets at regular intervals. The batting collapse ruined the foundation set by the bowlers, especially Washington Sundar, who took four wickets in quick succession to restrict England to 192.

While the 192-run target looked small, but was never going to be easy considering the........

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