India’s dismal performance at Lord’s worse than 42 all out in 1974, says Farokh Engineer

With conditions not in favour of the visitors, England took full advantage of the swinging and seaming conditions at Lord’s in the second Test match. None of the Indian batsmen were able to tackle the quality bowling performance displayed by the home team. Eventually, the visitors had to pack their bags after losing the match by an innings and 159 runs. People started comparing this performance with the one in 1974 at Lord’s where the Indian team in their second innings, was all out for 42, which till date remains the lowest total for India in Test cricket.

The former wicket-keeper batsman further stated that the current Indian team, barring Virat Kohli, lacks the basic technique to survive against a decent pace attack in English conditions. He felt that these batsmen were playing the balls against the swing, which was technically wrong.

Engineer was at Lord’s on Sunday and he spoke about his discussion with Clive Llyod, the legendary West Indian captain, about the Indian team’s lack of application.

“He (Clive Llyod) told me that the Indian batsmen are getting the basics wrong which is the worst part,” Engineer said.