McCullum held this decision of Stokes responsible after defeat, said - It is worrying…
IND Vs Eng, Brandon McCullum said, "We stayed second for five days. India showed extraordinary game. Shubman Gill performed brilliantly on this pitch. We could not play as we wanted to play and India was fully entitled to win."
England head coach Brendon McCullum admitted that the hosts could not play according to their desire and win the toss first after winning the second Test in the second Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy played at Edgbaston and opting to bowl first.
Chasing a record 608 runs, England's side was left at 271 runs in the second session on the fifth day. In India's series, captain Shubman Gill made 269 in the first innings and 161 runs in the second innings, and Akash Deep had taken 10 wickets in the match.
Brandon McCullum said, "We stayed second for five days. India showed an extraordinary game. Shubman Gill performed brilliantly on this pitch. We could not play as we wanted to play and India was fully entitled to win." He said, "Our decision to bowl by winning the toss proved to be wrong. We did not expect that the pitch would play so well."
Talking to the BBC Test match special, McCullum said that in the first innings we had dropped five wickets of India to 200, but could not take advantage of that situation. India scored 587 runs from where we fell behind in the game. However, in the first innings, Brook and Smith shared above 300 in the first innings, which was fantastic. McCullum said that we are not strict about our plans, which is worrying.
Asked whether England lost the opportunity to win in the absence of Jaspreet Bumrah, McCullum said, "I think Akash Deep bowled brilliantly on that pitch. Obviously he grew up playing on such wickets and he dumped the ball on his length, he was able to use the pitch. He was able to use the pitch. He was an extraordinary" who was an extraordinary " Is, Jofra argued the possibility of playing.
Let me tell you that in the second Test match, India has defeated England by 336 runs. This is the first win of any Asian team in Birmingham. India had scored 587 runs in the first innings and got a big lead of 180 runs by dismissing England for 407 runs. India had declared the second innings by scoring 427 runs for six wickets with the help of Shubman Gill's century and set a target of 608 runs in front of England by gaining a total of 607 runs. England's second innings was all out for 271 runs on the fifth day and India won.
