As you'd imagine, India's second Test defeat has not gone down well with the public here who tend to react badly to any loss, but particularly at home.
Faith
On the subject of selection, I wouldn't have had Samit Patel in the team at the start of the series but given that he was picked I don't think I'd drop him now.
To give him his due he looked alright in Mumbai, although it's clear that he's not a Test-class spinner (he's only really good enough for half-a-dozen overs here and there) so that aspect of his game shouldn't really come into the selection equation.
The feeling before the first game was that he was in the top six on merit for the way that he plays spin, but he got stuck in front of the stumps when Umesh Yadav got the ball to reverse swing, highlighting how important it is to stay a bit leg side of the ball on the sub-continent.
Patel contributed 26 in Mumbai before falling to Pragyan Ojha but I fully expect England to stick with him for now given the faith they've shown in him.
Downturn
Likewise, India will stand by Sachin Tendulkar - indeed there's an argument from some quarters that they need his experience now more than ever.
Naturally his downturn in form - coupled to the high-profile Test retirement of Ricky Ponting - has sparked a lot of chat about Tendulkar's future and you have to feel for him because the amount of space devoted to him in the newspapers and on air is ridiculous.
Stories emanate from all over the place about what he'll do next and the following day somebody will knock that story back and come up with something entirely different.
Tendulkar can't do much more than he's doing: basically he just keeps his head down, goes home in between games and doesn't emerge, other than to train hard before each match.
I'm sure he'll go on if he can but even someone of his stature has to justify his place eventually because there are some good players coming through, not least Ravindra Jadeja who has just become the only Indian player to score three first-class triple hundreds.
The debate around the timing of any retirement decision is often a sentimental one and needs to take into account the players coming through as much as the status and quality of the player under debate.
It's very difficult to know how much of an impact the coach Duncan Fletcher can have on a side that contains so many senior players - players who are unlikely to change the way they go about things.
His time is presumably better spent bringing on younger players like Cheteshwar Pujara, not to mention those waiting in the wings for the time when the likes of Tendulkar decide that enough is enough.
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