Bekukho ingongoma kuvavanyo yesine phakathi India ne England xa amabutho imitsi 30-odd emva iintshaba zabo ezintathu kuphela iiwikethi eseleyo.
Yaba isifingo esingeyonyani nangona kwaye yobuciko Kohli magnificent Jayant yadav (Kuvavanyo lwakhe lwesithathu kuphela) kuhlanganiswa ukuze athathe umdlalo kunye nayo nayiphi na uuthemba kuthotho zoba ngaphaya ukuqonda abatyeleli.
Wawusebenza ukuba ukrwele umsantsa kumava kwemeko sub-ilizwekazi. India ingene ekhaya ulwazi lwabo mkhulu kunye nokuqonda nendlela adlale kumabala emiboniso enjalo. Ngokusebenzisa inkoliso yale ngcelele baye ngcono emacala kude kunye win okukhulu kanye abakhokela 200 iye yanikezela.
Indlela iNgilane ebambe ngayo ngale ntsasa nangona iyadanisa ukuyitsho encinci. Ukoyiswa kunokuba bekungenakuphepheka kodwa umgca odibeneyo kunye nobunzulu obunjalo akufuneki ukuba ubethe ngokulula.
Ngoko ke uthotho ilahlekile kunye nayo, Ndiya kurhana, izakuphelisa ixesha lika Cook njengokapteni. Umfutho ngoku ukwiIndiya kwaye ukuba bendiyindoda yokubheja bendiya kubeka i-quid ezimbalwa kwimpumelelo yesine kuvavanyo lwesihlanu nolokugqibela.
Ukuba iNgilane iphumelele kolu ngcelele kungangummangaliso omncinci. I-quartet ejikelezayo kaRashid, Ali, U-Barry no-Ansari ngekhe babe nengxaki enkulu e-India kwiimeko zasekhaya kwaye i-England ayinayo i-X-factor twirler.
Nangona kunjalo uRashid noAli bazibonakalisile benobuchule. I-Ansari mhlawumbi ngumsebenzi oqhubekayo. Andimboni uBatty ngokwenyani esongeza kwiikepusi zakhe ngaphandle kokuba afumane okokugqibela kuvavanyo lokugqibela lwerabha.
UWoakes wayeqhubekile nokubonisa amandla akhe phantsi kweemeko ezinzima kwaye iStoke sikhawuleza siba kukujikeleza kwinqanaba lesakhono sehlabathi.
Kumgca wokubetha uHameed uzibonakalisile ukuba uyakwazi ukudlala iqakamba yovavanyo kwiminyaka ezayo. Kuninzi okuye kwaye kuya kubhalwa ngaye kunye nabaphathi kufuneka baqiniseke ukuba bayakhulisa kwaye baphuhlise italente yakhe engathandabuzekiyo. Wenze kakuhle kuKeaton Jennings-ukufaka inkulungwane kwinkulungwane yokuqala ayithethi nto.
Ngokukodwa ukapteni onyule uJoe Root ufumene inani elifanelekileyo lokubaleka kwaye uJonny Bairstow uqhubekile nokubonisa zombini emva kweziphunzi kunye nelulwane ngesandla.. Emva kwexesha elifanelekileyo ukusukela kuvavanyo lwakhe lokugqibela kwakulungile ukubona uJos Buttler ekubalekeni naye. Ungomnye onetalente engathandabuzekiyo kwaye uhlala eluncedo njengesixhobo sokubuyela umva kukhenketho.
All in all then a few reasons to be cheerful for England but well done in particular to the Indians and their ruthless dismissal of the opposition.
“Ibhola epinki ibonakala ingwevu / luhlaza ngombala obomvu / oluhlaza, kuxhomekeke kubukhali bayo. Ndenze ulinganiso ngobumfama bombala…”