
England were outplayed in all departments in the second Test ©BCCI
During last year's first lockdown, Eoin Morgan, England's limited overs captain, read a book by Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney. "You have to ask the questions you need to ask, admit without apology what you don't understand and do the work to learn what you need to learn as quickly as you can," Iger writes in The Ride of a Lifetime. "Your inexperience cannot be an excuse for failure." After a chastening three and a half days in Chennai, England have plenty of work to do ahead of the third Test next week. They need to be honest about their failings, ask good questions and learn what they need to learn. And quickly.
Their run of six consecutive away victories came to an abrupt halt as