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Michael Vaughan: Coming down heavily on England’s batting failures in their 4-1 Test series loss to India, former captain Michael Vaughan said the Ben Stokes-led side need to be given a dose of honesty over their performances in the five-match tour.

England had arrived in India on the back of not losing a series due to their attacking style of play dubbed as ‘Bazball’. They raised those hopes after winning the opening Test at Hyderabad by 28 runs, thanks to Ollie Pope’s 196 and Tom Hartley’s seven-wicket haul.

But after that famous triumph, England lost next four matches in Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamshala, where they lost many crucial moments with the bat, to lose a Test series for the first time under the Stokes-McCullum regime.