Although Shubman Gill's India team lost the first Test, England did not win. This young, inexperienced Indian batting lineup gave an outstanding performance, scoring about 500 runs in the first innings and about 400 in the second.

Every batter in this lineup is a T20 standout, a game-changing player for their franchise. Furthermore, given that T20 cricket is always working against your Test batting abilities, it was amazing that this team produced such a strong Test batting display, not once but twice, after a long 2.5 months of IPL cricket.

I'm proud of our cricket environment, where young players advance through the ranks with outstanding T20 skills and amazing aptitude for Test cricket at the same time.

The fact that the sun was hidden behind the clouds and the dry surface wasn't drying out, resulting in the cracks not spreading, was a stroke of bad luck for India on the fifth day morning in Leeds.

The surface just went to sleep, despite Bumrah and Siraj's best efforts, and it didn't wake up until the afternoon when the sun finally came out and there was a passing rain.

For this reason, during that period, Prasidh Krishna was able to induce the ball to move in the air to dismiss Crawley before causing it to jag back to bowl Pope. The outcome for India would have been different if the pitch had responded to Bumrah and Siraj in this way in the morning.

However, I am a little worried about India's immediate prospects in this series since England was able to defeat India even though Bumrah took five wickets in the first innings and five individual 100s were scored for India.

India's late order collapses were of no assistance, but they don't bother me too much. Ultimately, it's all about the end result, but earlier in the game, there were top-order collapses.

India continued to score 400 runs in both cases, but earlier India's bowling was able to make the 400 runs count.

It has to be very concerning for India that England was able to chase down 371 in the last innings with ease. However, this bowling assault is still not the same as it was four years ago.

Additionally, Bumrah's bowling effort in the second innings demonstrated that he has reached a point where it is no longer feasible to bowl 30 overs with the same level of intensity twice in four days, even in favorable batting conditions.

I also think Siraj has arrived at a point where there is no turning back. He doesn't seem to me to be able to achieve the same level of accomplishment as he did four years ago.

Regardless of the weather and pitch conditions for the second Test, India will need to concentrate exclusively on the bowlers' natural talent and turn to Kuldeep Yadav.

I was quite let down by Jadeja's low performance in the last innings. Although there may have been a few missed catches, Jadeja worked hard for 24 overs to get just one wicket in ideal conditions with a good rough to work outside off.

This is not fitting for an experienced solo spinner on his fifth trip to England.

For the upcoming Test, Kuldeep will replace Shardul Thakur. Additionally, following their outstanding batting performance at Headingley, India must not become overly complacent about their batting.

Nitish Reddy may be a good choice for a batting all-rounder because they could wish to strengthen their hitting while maintaining some seam support, no matter how little.

In Australia, he was a great hitter who kept the lower order going, right?

The only reason Bumrah has to play the second Test, no matter what, is because of how England chased down 371. India must score 500s in order to compete without Bumrah, and this is an unreasonable demand given the current lineup of hitters.

He has achieved such greatness as a bowler that this Indian bowling attack would be superior to one without him, even if Bumrah were just 40% fit.

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