Joe Root’s side were undone by India’s Axar Patel on a turning pitch but surely it was possible to play better
There are days of Test cricket you remember for ever, the ones players relive in countless conversations, speeches and interviews long after they’re gone, so that years later each last little detail of them feels as crisp and clear as if it had only just been earlier that morning. And then there are the days like the one England just had in Ahmedabad, frustrating, exasperating, bad tempered and best forgotten, the ones you would rather just move right on from before anyone ever mentions them, when, at the end of play, the only real consolation is you get the chance to try all over again tomorrow.
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