Murali Vijay:
With batsman like Gautam Gambhir sitting in the bench, it was necessary for the he Tamil Nadu opener to perform. He was having a hot and cold type of form before his England tour .He started his tour with a century at Trent Bridge. Vijay ensured that India survived the first hour on a green surface before making an extremely crucial 95 in the second innings. He batted for 378 minutes that allowed MS Dhoni's men to recover from a middle order collapse: a period that saw 3 Indian wickets fall for 5 runs. Vijay got the with a wicket of Moeen Ali in England's first innings off a full length delivery.
Ravindra Jadeja:
Critics questioned his selection in the team and the role he will play because another allrounder Stuart Binny also got selected in the first eleven. Regular spinner like R ashwin was kept out of the playing eleven and after a below average performance at Nottingham it was important for Jadeja to perform at Lord's . In the second innings, the left-hander played what could easily be referred to as his best Test innings till date. His attacking 68 off 57 balls took the game away from England. The 8th wicket stand – a run-a-ball 99 with Bhuvneshwar – lifted India and instilled in them the belief to push for a victory. In England's chase, making full use of the footmarks, he struck the first blow, trapping Sam Robson lbw.
Ishant Sharma:
The prodigal bowler of team India who had tremendous pressure on him to lead these new looks seam attack in absence of Zaheer Khan rose to the occasion when it mattered the most. Ishant who has played more than fifty tets matches for his side finally rose to the occasion when he bowled out seven English batsman with short pitch stuff and giving the English batsmen a taste of their own medicine. Ishant was rightly awarded the Man-of-the-Match. Which India won after a period of twenty eight years
