India ended England's slim chance of progressing from the 2010s section with a 2 wicket victory in a memorable Lord's Test. They almost threw it away on a breathless final afternoon when 7 wkts tumbled for 94. But India's fast bowlers, Kumar and Umesh, came in and scored valuable runs with the latter smashing Anderson back over his head for the winning boundary.
Arguably India's most influential player was Ravi Ashwin, who took 8-111 with his off breaks and was there at the end with a calm unbeaten 24. India's other stand out performer was their captain, Kohli, who stroked a sublime 108 on day 2, facilitating India's important 1st innings lead of 60. Pujara also had a profitable Test with scores of 54 and 67.
England did well to push patently more talented opponents to the brink, with Trott (49 and 130) showing pleasing form and character. But class told in the end and India 2010s march on under their talisman Kohli.
England 2010s: AN Cook (c), IR Bell, IJL Trott, JE Root, JM Bairstow, MJ Prior (wk), TT Bresnan, GP Swann, JC Archer, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson
India 2010s: S Dhawan, CA Pujara, V Kohli (c), AM Rahane, PA Patel (wk), M Vijay, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Bhuneshwar Kumar, UT Yadav, K Yadav
England 2010s 1st Innings 266-10 (100.1 Ov)
IR Bell 54, IJL Trott 49, JM Bairstow 34, R Ashwin 5-52, UT Yadav 2-60
India 2010s 1st Innings 326-10 (105.1 Ov)
V Kohli 108, CA Pujara 54, Mohammed Shami 33, GP Swann 4-67, JC Archer 3-57, JM Anderson 2-49
England 2010s 2nd Innings 282-10 (121.1 Ov)
IJL Trott 130, IR Bell 39, MJ Prior 30, UT Yadav 4-39, R Ashwin 3-59, K Yadav 2-85
India 2010s 2nd Innings 225-8 (62.2 Ov)
CA Pujara 67, M Vijay 64, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 26, JM Anderson 2-38, SCJ Broad 2-53, GP Swann 2-58
India 2010s win by 2 wickets
Man of the Match: R Ashwin
India are now guaranteed top spot in Group J. Australia must beat the Rest of the World to have a chance to qualify in their final game against South Africa.
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