India win 4-1. England drowned in the series. 

4-1. That scoreline is devastatingly one-sided but at one point, right at the mid-point, England were about to tip the scales. They went to stumps at the end of day two in Rajkot 207 for 2 after only 35 overs. India's total of 445 seemed well within reach. Peak Bazball had arrived. Yet, when fronting up to the press after being hit round the park, R Ashwin, who had seen it all and done it all, came out and said everything is fine. And so it was.

India won that game by 434 runs.

It's probably too simplistic to draw a line from there to here, especially in a series that has ebbed and flowed so dramatically, with most of its star attractions missing. Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami, who might well walk into any all-time India Test team, played no part here. For England, a man that they hope to build their future around - Harry Brook - had to withdraw due to personal reasons. Tom Hartley began by being hit for six and looking like cannon fodder. Four days later, he was spinning India into the Hyderabad dirt.

One moment did not bring us here. There was at least one more. Lets go back to Ranchi