India's Lord's Test match was a tale of nearly, but not quite, as a valiant rearguard attempt by Ravindra Jadeja and the bowlers was unable to compensate for a middle-order collapse that gave England a 2-1 series advantage. India had all the momentum after posting a target of 193 runs to chase in London to win, but England ultimately triumphed by 22 runs because to some subpar cricket either side of the stumps on Day 4, an attainable chase was not completed.

Considering Virat Kohli's history of anchoring chases, especially attainable ones like this one, without too much trouble, India would have liked to have his services in such a situation. Prior to this tour, the Indian star announced his retirement, but this was the first game where the men in blue may have genuinely missed his experience and mindset.

Former England bowler Steve Harmison made this point, claiming that, despite having performed fairly well in the first three games, India's youth squad lacked that merciless winning attitude at important moments, which has caused them to fall behind in the series.

On ESPNcricinfo, Harmison stated that, despite India having scored more hundreds, more top-order runs, and more wickets with the new ball, England has a knack for figuring out how to win.

Harmison's counsel for Gill is, "India has to begin believing..."

"Discovering a strategy to stage an event that would alter the course of the game during a session. India must start to believe, in my opinion. This is where guys like Virat Kohli were amazing, the Englishman said, adding that his inspirational leadership skills may have made all the difference.

"In a fourth innings chase, he goes and wins the game comfortably." At Lord's, he would have easily won that game," Harmison said.

With his fame founded on his accomplishments in T20 and especially ODI cricket, Kohli does not have the greatest track record in Test fourth innings chases, but it is not implausible to argue that a player of his caliber and expertise might have been the mainstay India required.

The questions were mainly directed at his replacement at number 4 in the Indian lineup, Shubman Gill, who appeared apprehensive and uneasy when he arrived at 40/2 despite his outstanding performance throughout this series. In a position where he might have put India in a winning position by seeing through the day, he instead handed England the momentum by cheaply giving up his wicket.

The resilience of Gill and his crew to recover during the Old Trafford Test is what they will be searching for from now on.

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