Whoever said that a week is a long time in sport is dead right.

Heading to Trent Bridge for the third Test, Joe Root and his England side would have had every confidence they were about to wrap up the series and see India roll over just as they had done so weakly at Lord's a few days earlier.

However, in the space of a couple of hours - or the afternoon session on Sunday to be more precise - the series was turned on its head thanks to a maiden five-wicket haul in Tests for Hardik Pandya and some ordinary batting from an England line-up again showing a distinct lack of skill and application when conditions require just that.

With Indian captain Virat Kohli once again dominating with the bat - making 97 in the first innings and 103 second time around - England were set an improbable 521 to win in just over two days.

Despite a brilliant 106 from Jos Buttler and a resilient 62 from Ben Stokes, England were never really in the hunt as Jasprit Bumrah marked his return from injury by picking up five wickets to reduce his side's arrears in the series to 2-1.

While it was India who looked bereft of confidence at Lord's, lacking in proper planning and handicapped by poor selection, England were the ones found wanting in all departments at Trent Bridge.

James Anderson and Stuart Broad were again impressive throughout - Anderson in particular on the third morning - but both were let down by some poor catching once more while the omission of Sam Curran for the returning Ben Stokes left England's attack in a similar position as it was in the winter - short on variety and, of course, genuine pace.

It was significant that all three of India's front-line seamers were quicker throughout the match than England's pacemen and though Anderson is always able to compensate with immaculate control and his ability to move the move the ball sideways, his bowling colleagues don't have that luxury.