Key Points
England had a big slice of luck even before a single ball had been bowled in the ongoing five-match Test series..
Three English batters added another 100 runs by playing conservative cricket to help the team set a competitive target of 230 for India in the fourth innings..
In the second innings of this match, three England batters scored with a strike rate of above 100 only to make 60-odd runs among themselves..
All through this series, the England batters did not carve out enough partnerships because they played risky cricket scoring runs at high strike rates..
One of the drawbacks of playing with high strike rates on Indian pitches is that it gives the opposition a lot of time in the game to bat playing risk-free conservative cricket and yet have enough time to win a game of Test cricket...
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