Kwakukho inqaku kuvavanyo lwesine phakathi kweIndiya neNgilane xa imikhosi ibiyi-30-odd ibaleka emva kwabachasi bayo kushiyeke iiwikethi ezintathu.
Yaba isifingo esingeyonyani nangona kwaye yobuciko Kohli magnificent Jayant yadav (Kuvavanyo lwakhe lwesithathu kuphela) zidityanisiwe ukuthatha umdlalo kunye nawo onke amathemba kuthotho lokuzoba ngaphaya kokuqonda kweendwendwe.
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 was surrendered.
Indlela iNgilane ebambe ngayo ngale ntsasa nangona iyadanisa ukuyitsho encinci. Defeat may have been inevitable but a line up with such quality and depth should not have crumbled so easily.
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.
Woakes had continued to show his ability in difficult conditions and Stokes is rapidly becoming an all-rounder of world class ability.
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…”