Manjrekar, Harsha React to India’s Heartbreaking Loss to England

Here’s a look at how Twitterati reacted to India’s loss to England in the fourth Test in Southampton on Sunday.

England dismissed India for 184 to earn a 60-run win in the the fourth Test and complete a series victory on Sunday, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match contest as Moeen Ali finished with overall figures of 9-134.

England had set India a second-innings target of 245 after being bowled out for 271 early on Day 4 and quickly made inroads before Lunch.

Stuart Broad bowled Lokesh Rahul for a duck, before James Anderson (2-33) got his first wickets of the match as he trapped Cheteshwar Pujara (5) leg before wicket and had Shikhar Dhawan (17) caught at slip to leave India at 22-3.

However, a fourth-wicket century stand between Virat Kohli (58) and Ajinkya Rahane (51) moved India within sight of victory and put the pressure back on England.

Not for the first time in the match, Ali responded. England's off-spinner, who was playing his first match of the series, took the crucial wicket of Kohli just before Tea and ended up with figures of 4-71. India lost their last six wickets for just 61 runs.

Here’s a look at how Twitterati reacted to India’s heartbreaking loss.

England outspin India in England......didn’t see this coming. Mooen Ali, take a bow 🙇‍♂️ #ENDvIND

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 2, 2018

India defeated but certainly not disgraced. Well played lads. The next time there is a five Test tour in England the players must insist on half a dozen games against county sides as preparation for the Tests.

— Ramachandra Guha (@Ram_Guha) September 2, 2018

There is never one factor that decides the result of a Test. But in the final essay the difference between Moeen & Ashwin proved to be the difference between the two sides.#ENGvIND

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) September 2, 2018

Like with the series in South Africa, this will go down as what-could-have-been rather than what actually was. Neither South Africa nor England were as good as they have been in the past. But then, maybe, India isn't as good as we believe it to be

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 2, 2018

That Series WIN feeling. 😀 Test cricket is an emotional rollercoaster. 🏏 What character from this England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 team throughout. Two even teams doing battle. Awesome 👏🏻 #England #India… https://t.co/e78ZHHqQkg

— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) September 2, 2018

It’s 3-1 England but India have played some excellent cricket

— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket) September 2, 2018

This is the problem.
Whenever India's GDP looks up, the cricket team loses#ENGvIND #justsaying

— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) September 2, 2018

Should India pull Dhoni out of retirement for Tests in Australia? After all it represents our best chance to win with Smith and warner banned? #justasking #cricket #EngvInd

— Chandresh Narayanan (@chand2579) September 2, 2018

series is over, but India can aim for something at the oval. only once has an Indian team won two tests in a series in England, back in 1986...that was a series win of course...#ENGvIND

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) September 2, 2018

4th Test #India bowled out for 184, #England wins the Test and goes up 3-1 in the 5 Test series. #Indian batsmen let us down, while our bowlers are superb. After many, many years best fast bowling line -up, something to be happy about.

— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) September 2, 2018

(With inputs from AP)