India’s strategy against England, quite rightly so, was based solely on their strength — spin bowling. The English batsmen have buried their initial concerns by posting two 400+ run totals.

The concern for India is that their main spinner, R Ashwin seems to have been collared and appropriately scrutinised by the English think tank. A lot will depend as to how he will emerge from this debacle in the next Test match at Kolkata, as India’s plan still revolves around the spin theory.