It turned out a classic Sunday blockbuster for Test cricket lovers, across continents. At the Gabba, West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph battled injuries to pick seven wickets and help the Caribbean side record a stunning win in Australia after 27 years, later in the evening, debutant Tom Hartley bagged an identical seven-wicket haul to guide England to one of their most memorable Test wins against India in Hyderabad.

Dead and buried for most sessions of the opening Test, England were all alive on the penultimate day of the match, as they managed to silence the capacity crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium by winning the contest by 28 runs to go 1-0 up in the five-match rubber.

Hartley, who went for a six first ball in his Test career and conceded the costliest analyst for a debutant, is the hero with seven wickets. He amply justified his selection in the second essay when he had the Indian batters on their knees in their defence of 230. Hartley played a big role in ensuring that England got India down to their last wicket and forced a half an hour extension to the day.

Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah tried their best to delay the inevitable, going for their shots and running tight singles and doubles to bring up a 25-run last wicket stand before Hartley struck on the final over with Siraj’s wicket to seal the win in England’s favour.

Hartley accounted for the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma as England sent back the Indian top order within the first 18 overs. The team management promoted Axar Patel to No.5 to bring a left-right combination with KL Rahul and the pair saw India through to the tea session but were both dismissed soon after resumption of play.

Axar fell to Hartley in the very first over of the third session while Rahul later fell to Root. Barring a 57-run eight wicket stand between R Ashwin (28) and KS Bharat (28), India’s batters fell like nine pins when it mattered the most. Rohit Sharma was the highest scorer for India in the second essay, scoring 39 runs.

Earlier, England started the day 126 ahead with just four wickets in hand, Ollie Pope added 48 to his overnight 148 with crucial assistance from Rehan Ahmed and Hartley. Pope eventually missed out on a well-deserved double-century, falling to Jasprit Bumrah and thus ending the England innings on a score of 420. However, Pope’s colossal 196, the fourth highest score by a visiting batter in the second innings in India, made the difference for the visitors at the end.

Jack Leach, the experienced spinner, was at best hobbling. Hartley, the other left-arm spinner, had been punished for 63 runs in his first nine-over spell in the first innings. Ahmed had been so inconsistent and Mark Wood so unsuited to the conditions that Joe Root had been their best bowler until then.

But batting in the fourth innings in sub-continent conditions could test the best in business, and Hartley took the advantage of the Indian batters’ hurried approach. Stokes, who had looked to get wickets in the first innings with attacking fields, could now fall back on the conventional method: attack with the ball, defend with the fields.

Rohit was the only India batter who showed some intent and willingness to employ the sweep and reverse-sweep against spinners, much like Pope, who mustered majority of his runs in the second essay with the sweeps.

As both teams head to Visakhapatnam for the second game, starting Tuesday, all eyes will be on how India bounces back from a shocking defeat. The sooner they forget the mistakes of the second innings in Hyderabad, the better they will be placed against this English side.