‘Pressure was relentless’

Pacer Ollie Robinson engineered a middleorder collapse with the second new ball as England completed a facile innings and 76run victory against India on the fourth day of the third Test here on SaturdayAll the good work on Friday when India reached 215 for two at stumps was completely undone as Robinson 565 and James Anderson 163 hit the right lengths and got movement off the pitch to wrap up the Indian innings in a jiffy India were all out for 278 in the morning sessionIt was a match that England won by executing their strategies to perfection with an idea of the oppositionrsquos soft underbelliesSecond fifer for RobinsonIt was Robinsonrsquos second fivefor in the series and the tall seamer after a difficult initiation to Test cricket due to offfield controversies is proving to be an asset for this team Robinson had served an unconditional apology after his racist tweets surfaced on the day of his Test debut against New Zealand in JuneIndia had lost the match on the first day itself when they were bowled out for 78 as it meant that they were always playing a catching up game in this Test match India skipper Virat Kohli said it was high quality bowling from England that forced mistakes from the visiting batsmenlsquoItrsquos bizarrersquoldquoItrsquos quite bizarre it batting collapses can happen in this country We thought the pitch was good to bat on with the ball coming on nicely But the discipline forced mistakes and the pressure was relentless It is difficult to cope when yoursquore not scoring runs That caused the batting order to crumblerdquo he saidKohli acknowledged the scoreboard pressure after England took a huge first innings lead of 354 ldquoYou are always up against it when you get out for under 80 and the opposition puts up such a big score But we did well to stay in the game yesterday on Friday fight back as much as we could and gave ourselves a chanceldquoBut the pressure today was outstanding from the England bowlers and eventually they got the results they wantedrdquoIt was an improbable task to bat out three days in conditions which can change rapidly to make batting difficult The middleorder which looked solid on Friday was completely rattled on the penultimate morning under bright sunshine as most of the batsmen didnrsquot know where their offstump was which was baffling if one takes the third dayrsquos performance into considerationDramatic collapseIndia lost eight wickets for the addition of only 63 runs and memories of a morning collapse in Adelaide once again became fresh as good balls found their way either into the gloves or hands of the slip fielders It started with Pujara 91 misjudging the length of Robinsonrsquos incutter which he perhaps thought would fly over the stumps as he decided not to offer a shotKohli again looked circumspect as he played and missed a few and survived a caught behind chance But Robinsonlsquos nicelypitched up delivery that was slightly angled in saw Kohli jabbing at itBrief scoresIndia 78 amp 278 C Pujara 91 R Sharma 59 V Kohli 55 O Robinson 565 C Overton 347 lost to England 432 by an innings and 76 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever