IND vs ENG: After India’s defeat, Michael Vaughan says Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was ‘very, very average’

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has called England’s victory in the first Test over India at Hyderabad as the “finest England Test match victory of my lifetime”.

India lost the Test by 28 runs after debutant Tom Hartley took 7-62 in the second innings to engineer India’s collapse: the hosts were 42-0 at one stage but succumbed for 202 runs in 69.2 overs.

What was stunning was that the hosts held a 190-run first innings lead, scoring 436 in reply to England’s 246. The win gave the visiting side a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series.

Besides Hartley, who returned the fourth-best figures for a debutant visiting bowler in India, Ollie Pope scored 196 runs in the second innings to resurrect England.

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“Beating this India team away is simply the finest England Test match victory of my lifetime. There have been some sensational England away wins over the years. But what England have just done in Hyderabad tops them all: it’s number one for me.

“No one does that to India in their backyard. Look at what England have overcome. India are one of the finest Test teams ever at home. The wicket had real turn. And England had a first-innings deficit of 190 runs. India have never lost a Test at home when conceding such a big lead – it’s really incredible what England have achieved. It is the best win full stop – at home or away – in all the time I have been involved in English cricket,” wrote Vaughan in his column for The Telegraph.

The cricket broadcaster and commentator also raised question over India captain Rohit Sharma’s captaincy.

“In India’s first-Test defeat in Hyderabad I thought Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was very, very average. I thought he was so reactive, I don’t think he manoeuvred his field or was proactive with his bowling changes. And he didn’t have any answer to Ollie Pope’s sweeps or reverse sweeps,” he added.

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