England in India: Rohit Sharma strikes century to power hosts to the ODD series Win

England has now lost six of seven matches on this tour – one that should mark the start of a new era under McCullum and a recovery in the results.

Their batting was improved on the 4-1 T20 series defeat and 248 all on Thursday, but as a tendency to collapse was overcome, bred another question – a lack of capitalization on the starter – the head.

The fact that no dough went on to three numbers cost them. England’s total was made to look good during pari as batting became lighter under the lights.

India’s spinners went less than one race per day. Ball, while England’s Kviks – Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Saqib Mahmood and Mark Wood were all elected, with Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse resting – were punished when they hammered in the middle of the field.

Rohit timed something fully and flagged some card. A six over the mid-wicket off Atkinson suggested to the 37-year-old back to form. Two more inside the first six overs confirmed it.

He was lucky to survive a LBW cries of 36 – England underwent, but the ball only cut the top of the leg stub – but put 136 to the first wicket with Shubman Gill and drove to his first hundred in 28 laps in 76 balls after Gill was Bowlet of an Overton Yorker to 60.

After Rohit fell, Shreyas Iyer was running out in 44, Kl Rahul jumped out of Outton, and Hardik Pandya caught pulling to deeply square legs.

It was the second fight in a row that India did harder work with a hunt than expected, but through Rohit the damage had been done.

The fact that he hardly celebrated his century suggested that a feeling of relief his bad run was over.