Lackluster Bowling:
It has always remained the Achilles' heel for team India, The bowling attack was led by Ishant Sharma, who until Lord's test, was like sometimes hot and sometimes cold with the red cherry.
Ishant produced a marvelous spell on the fifth day of the Lord's test when he had English batsmen dancing to his short pitched deliveries. Not used to bending his back on a regular basis, Ishant suffered back spasm and had to be ruled out of the next game.
Bhuveneshwar Kumar though swings the ball admirably but the English batsmen are quite used to the conditions where ball swings. And that's why despite bowling well, he never could run through the English batting line up like Ishant, Anderson or Broad.
Mohammed Shami, who was expected to deliver on the English pitches, has had a forgettable tour. He failed to not only provide support to Kumar but allowed the batsmen to settle down by leaking runs.
The spin attack of Jadeja and Ashwin in the last match had minimal impact on the English batsman. Pankaj Singh has become synonymous with the term ‘unlucky' in the test matches he has played though he finally picked up two wickets.
