India have taken 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series after two matches.
India have been the better side in the first two Tests at Trent Bridge and Lord's. They came close to a win in the first Test but the match ended in a draw. India needed 157 runs with 9 wickets in hand on the last day of the match which was washed out by rain.
In the second Test, Virat Kohli and co emerged victorious after bowling out England on 120 runs after setting a target of 272 runs on Day 5. India are currently 1-0 up in the series going into the third Test at Leeds.
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But the England head coach Chris Silverwood said his team is up for a fight and they would "push India back" if they try to push them. "The one thing we're not scared of is a little bit of a fight," he said.
"They push us, we push back, to me it creates great Test cricket. We're disappointed with the result, but what a Test match to watch. There has been a little bit of fire in there, emotion from two sets of proud players representing their country. I think it's great, the guys are getting stuck into this fight and I am enjoying it."
The Test match got heated up after Jasprit Bumrah bowled a few bouncers to England's number 11 batsman James Anderson in the first innings. It wasn't appreciated by Anderson and his teammates. They tried to give it back to Bumrah and things soon escalated in the match.
But Bumrah wasn't moved by England's counterattack and he ended up stitching up an unbeaten partnership of 89 runs with Mohammad Shami for the ninth wicket. England's tactics cost them huge in the match and India posted a target that looked out of their reach with only around 60 overs left in the Test match.
Silverwood joined captain Joe Root and admitted that they were wrong with their tactics against Bumrah which played against them. "It's a collective thing and I am part of it. If we are in that situation again we need to go back to Plan A sooner. I don't mind an aggressive approach and you have to give credit to India but equally, we have to look at our tactics."
(With IANS Inputs)