This was his first pummelling as England captain, India victorious by 434 runs to take a richly deserved 2-1 series lead.
Demoralised in sapping heat by a record-breaking unbeaten 214 from Yashasvi Jaiswal, the young superstar at the top of the Indian order, England had been set a notional - albeit perhaps not in their world - 557 to win in four-and-a-half sessions. By 4.45pm on day four they had fully evaporated, bowled out for 122 in just 39.4 overs.
This was the fare that the bumper crowd had turned up for, India's dominance already established by the first English collapse to 319 all out. Boy did they get what they ordered, Jaiswal equalling Wasim Akram's record 12 sixes in a Test innings- taking him to a record 22 in a single Test series - and Ravindra Jadeja, one of their own, spinning his way to figures of five for 41.
All this felt very much possible when Jimmy Anderson was being launched for three successive sixes by a man 19 years his junior after lunch; a 21-run over that was his most costly since George Bailey clobbered him for 28 during the 2013-14 Ashes. Resuming the 104 that was paused by back spasms a day earlier, Jaiswal slog-swept a full toss and drove the follow-up over extra cover, before a chef's-kiss straight hit.
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