England made India forget how to play the third innings, indicates Ben Stokes

England Test skipper Ben Stokes has indicated that England probably won the Test against India in the third innings when they restricted the tourists lead to below 400 in the rescheduled fifth Test at EdgbastonThe allrounder also indicated that the Jasprit Bumrahled side was quite clueless in the sense that they did not know what they had to do batting in the second innings after taking a handsome firstinnings leadLook at how teams will be viewing us at the moment that third innings now has become a fourth innings because they have to concentrate on how were going to play and theyre worried about that Stokes said following the sevenwicket victorySo to be in that position as a team being feared before theyve even finished their innings is an unbelievable place to be in Teams dont know how to play the third innings against England especially when theyve got a lead he addedThe England skipper won the toss against India but elected to bowl first knowing that his side had successfully chased fourthinnings targets of 299 296 and 277 in the three Tests against New Zealand last monthIndia set a target of 378 in Edgbaston which England cruised to for the loss of three wickets as former skipper Joe Root 142 not out and Jonny Bairstow 114 not out guided them home with an unbroken 269run standWith a newfound confidence in batting fourth England have chased down big targets in each of the four Tests they have played since Stokes took over the leadership role from Root Under Roots stewardship England had won just one of 17 Tests and plummeted to the bottom of the ICC World Test Championship standingsAlso Read Archrivals Pakistan gain huge advantage after Indias 7wicket loss to EnglandFour consecutive win have pushed England two places higher to seventh We are trying to rewrite how Test cricket is being played in England especially All the different plans that we put together over the last four or five weeks for every different situation is something well look to carry forwardIts not always about bowling top of off or drying up its how are we going to take wickets Thats what you need to do as a bowling attack take 10 wickets he addedEngland will now move to a limitedovers series at home with three T20Is and three ODIs against both India and South Africa They will then look to continue their superb whiteball and Test form in a threeTest series against South Africa that starts on August 17 with a clash at LordsWe know that we want to give new life to Test cricket and the way that we go about it and the support that weve received over the last five weeks has been incredible Its amazing in such a short space of time we feel like we are bringing a new set of fans to the gameInspiring the next generation is what we want to do this game at the moment is bigger than results for us its about people who come in to represent England in the future guys who come into the dressing room after We want to leave a mark on Test cricket added StokesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever