Mohammed Shami’s unbeaten half-century at Lord’s gave India a “false sense of security about their tail” and they cannot have “four rabbits from numbers eight to 11” in their batting line-up, said former England captain Michael Vaughan after the visitors suffered an innings defeat versus England in the third Test at Headingley in Leeds.

Vaughan also feels senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s inclusion in the playing XI for the remaining two Tests at The Oval and Old Trafford can solve the problem.

“Surely they have to pick Ashwin. You cannot have four rabbits from 8-11. The resistance at Lord’s lulled them into a false sense of security about their tail. In reality, they cannot have Shami coming in at eight,” Vaughan wrote in a Facebook post.

“Ashwin has to play. He has got five Test match hundreds and 400 Test wickets, so he has to come into this Test team,” Vaughan told BBC.