A team who had won one of their previous 17 Test matches not only enjoyed a massive uplift in results, the manner of their victories came about thanks to a rapid run rate not previously seen in Test cricket.
Head coach Brendon McCullum says New Zealand wickets will be better suited to England's aggressive brand of cricket, dubbed "Bazball", after his side were crushed in the final two Tests in Pakistan on turning tracks.
Test captain Ben Stokes indicated Tuesday he would be ready to make an England limited-overs comeback.
England next return to test action in July against the West Indies, after this year's Twenty20 World Cup.
"I don't give too much away as the series is going on but I'm always man enough to say we got beaten by the better team," Stokes told reporters.
India's five-wicket victory on a spiteful track in Ranchi was not really a cakewalk, thanks to England's never-say-die spin attack.
"On this occasion, their skill was better than ours," Stokes told reporters.
"This England team are hell bent on doing things their way, and 'saving test cricket'. They are giving test cricket a shot in the arm because they are so exciting," Michael Vaughan wrote in Britain's Daily Telegraph.
England's bold tactics under Stokes and coach Brendon 'Baz' McCullum have revitalised Test cricket and India, who have not lost a Test series on home soil since 2012, were always going to be a litmus test of that philosophy.
"They are playing successful cricket and the aggressive route of taking the opposition on, showing the world there’s another way to play Test cricket," Bumrah said.
England have certainly added spice to Test cricket with the way they have played Test cricket since captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum joined hands. By eliminating the fear of failure, the England men's team have played free-flowing cricket and have not been afraid of taking bold calls even in the toughest situations - an approach that has been labelled Bazball.
The word Bazball is one of the 10 new words to have found a space in the prestigious dictionary.
Jimmy Anderson, England's leading Test wicket-taker, made his debut the last time his country faced Zimbabwe in 2003
Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has said that he "didn't really see Bazball" during the two Tests he played against England in Ashes 2023.
England's highly entertaining "Bazball" approach will face a test when the team travels to India next year for a five-match Test series, England captain Nasser Hussain believes.
Anderson struggled to make much of an impact during the recent Ashes series against Australia, with the 41-year-old unable to generate much movement with the ball when managing just five wickets for the series at an average of 85.40 from four Test appearances
England are "about breaking records", assistant coach Jeetan Patel said on Friday as the home team contemplate a huge run chase against Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord's.
Captain Ben Stokes and Harry Brook walked out to bat at Lord's on Friday with the second Test nicely poised despite a chaotic final session the previous evening but the home side slumped from 278-4 to 325 all out, giving Australia a precious first-innings lead of 91
In the latest extraordinary display of modern-day Test cricket, England enjoyed their best Ashes opening stand for 11 years and rattled to their total at almost five an over.
