ENG v IND 2021: Parthiv Patel hails camaraderie in Team India's dressing room after epic Lord's win

Patel believes players gel really well together due to IPL.

Team India pulled off an epic win over hosts England at the Home of Cricket, Lord’s where the tourists from being down and out at Stumps on Day 4, ended up winning the match by 151 runs and went 1-0 up in the five-match Test series.

While there were a lot of verbal volleys exchanged between some Indian and English players during the second Test match, what stood out the most was the way Indian players stuck together displayed an incredible camaraderie.

The former India cricketer Parthiv Patel while speaking on the Players Lounge podcast, gave an interesting insight on the environment in the Indian dressing room at the moment.

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“If you look at the Indian dressing room as of now, you see Ishant Sharma roaming around with Virat Kohli. But, you also see Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav, both different characters move around. Rishabh Pant goes out with Hardik Pandya, one is from west, the other is from north. There are a few guys from east I think,” Patel said.

“If you look at Dinesh Karthik and Hardik/ Krunal Pandya, they are best of friends. One can’t speak English, one can’t speak Hindi and still they get along really well. I think why Indian team is doing really well in this era is because they gel really well together and IPL has to get credit for it as well,” the former wicket-keeper batsman added.

After Lord’s, Virat Kohli and Co. will take on England in the third Test match scheduled to be played at Headingley in Leeds from 25 August.