India won a fantastic Test match against England by 151 runs at the iconic Lord's.
While it was looking extremely difficult for India to draw the match from where they started Day 5, but thanks to Bumrah-Shami duo, the visitors registered a historic win.
As the first Test at Nottingham ending in a draw, India who were runners up in the first World Test Championship (WTC 2021) cycle, took the second spot on the points table of this ongoing WTC 2021-23 cycle with 14 points by winning the Test match at the Home of Cricket.
The former Australia cricketer Brad Hogg in his latest YouTube video talked about this epic win and termed this Indian team ‘favourites’ to win WTC as he believes they have nailed the code.
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“This Indian team are going to cause a lot of havoc and they are the favorites to take the WTC in the second cycle running. I cannot see another team cracking the code of this culture right now,” Hogg said in a YouTube video on his channel.
The Aussie then recalled India’s win at ‘The Gabba’ in Brisbane where this Indian team had won their second consecutive Test series in Australia earlier this year.
“What I love about this team is that they are creating a positive culture of a team that wants to go out to win every contest. It does not matter what situation they are in, they are fighters, they get themselves out of tough situations,” the 50-year-old said.
“Looking back at the Brisbane Test, I just thought is this a one-off or are they the real deal? Now this Lord's Test match shows me that they are the real deal. Virat Kohli is creating a fantastic culture,” the left-hand batting all-rounder signed off.