Joe Root makes comments about pitch as England humiliated by India inside two days

mirror.co.uk:

England were humiliated by 10 wickets in the shortest Test match since the war. All done and dusted inside 140.2 overs, England's hopes of reaching the World Test Championship final were also dashed as India took a 2-1 lead in the series with one match left to play.

The over reliance on Joe Root's batting this winter was exposed for the second match in succession, but so too perhaps was their reliance on his bowling as he claimed the first five wicket haul of his career.

But just when Root thought his 5-8 as part of bowling India out for 145 in response to England's 112, might have given his side a way back into the game, all hopes were dashed by a second innings horror show of 81 all out.