(Cricket news) India have won a Test match at Lord's for only the third time in history. After being under the pump on the start of day 5 but thanks to big runs and some fiery bowling from India's pace quadrant, they registered a legendary victory at the Mecca of cricket.

But how did India's supposedly weak and long tail score 106 runs with a wicket in hand? A part of the credit should be given to the batters. Skipper Virat Kohli said that the quick bowlers in the squad have worked hard on their batting and that was reflected. The heated verbal exchanges on the field also seemed to charge up Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami who are usually cool customers.

The main reason for England leaking runs has got to be their bizzare tactics of not attacking the stumps enough, but why did Joe Root and his team do that? The reason goes back to the end of day 3. Centurion Joe Root was batting on one end when James Anderson came into bat. England at that moment had a lead of just 7 runs.

While Root continued to attack from one end, Anderson faced 16 balls and couldn't score a single run. Virat Kohli gave the ball to Jasprit Bumrah to end the England innings. Bumrah bowled not 6 but 10 balls in his over to Anderson. The Indian seamer shot an array of quick short deliveries towards Anderson to go with a couple of wicket taking yorkers. All the balls hit Anderson on the body or the helmet.

Bumrah's no balls may have been deliberate to get more chances to get rid of Anderson before Root scores more runs. Anderson's struggle ended when Shami clipped his off stump. While going back to the dressing room, Anderson didn't look too pleased and had a heated exchange with Bumrah. Bouncing number 11s and tailenders is an old tactic which is used quite a lot and is certainly not rare.

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India's tail was exposed towards the end of day 4 when Ishant Sharma walked in. On the morning of day 5 India lost Rishabh Pant early when their lead was just 167 runs. Then the England side completely lost the plot. They constantly sprayed short pitched balls to try and hit the Indians on their body as some sort of a revenge.

There was a period when Joe Root had 5 fielders on the fence and no close-in catcher to a number 9 and 10 batter. The tactic massively backfired to say the least. England not attacking the stumps and charging up the Indians by verbal abuses meant that Bumrah and Shami put together 89 runs and played some very good shots. Shami even got his 2nd Test fifty.

Virat Kohli even said that the on field altercation was extra motivation for the team to try and win the match and that is exactly what happened. Indian bowlers picked up 10 wickets in less than 52 overs to go one nil up in the series with 3 matches to go.