Farewell, and thanks for the amazing cricket

And so the tour comes to a close. Tomorrow is the last day and we'll have to miss some of that if we're to get back to Mumbai in time for our flights back to England. It seems amazing to think that just over two weeks ago we were at home with everyone asking whether we would still come on tour. We've packed so much in and yet at the same time the idea of a whole tour being completed in two weeks is silly. None of us are ready to go home yet and the cricket is getting more interesting by the day.

If watching Sachin in Chennai was an honour then watching KP yesterday was similar. His switch-hits are moments of genius and to be here to witness them was something truly special. Sadly not nearly as many people are watching the game in Mohali as there were in Chennai so the atmosphere isn't the same but we're trying hard to do what we can.

Security has relaxed a bit over the few days here. We now get a wave from the man on the machine gun on our gate and it's amazing how easy you can disarm (metaphorically) the huge number of soldiers here with a smile and a hello.

So a quick word of thanks to everyone in India who has made us so welcome. We didn't want to trek up to Mohali as it's made the whole trip a logistical nightmare, but at least when we got here people made it worthwhile. And thanks to those of you who have taken the time to read this and respond – in answer to a couple of questions that you posed this wasn't my first tour. I've done many but never seen anything quite like the crowd in Chennai. And to those of you from Pakistan, I think everything should be done to tour the country and if England go there again I'll be visiting just as I did last time. For now though I'm just happy this went ahead and we could all enjoy some great cricket.