India have completed one of the most dramatic Test match victories on British soil, squaring the series 2-2 with a stunning six-run victory in the fifth Test
India have completed one of the most dramatic Test match victories on British soil, squaring the series 2-2 with a stunning six-run victory in the fifth Test.
Mohammed Siraj was inspired as India took the last four wickets in less than an hour to bowl England out for 367 and win an astonishing fifth test by six runs to draw the series 2-2.
England had resumed on 6-339 in an atmosphere of unremitting tension at The Oval on Monday, and a fired-up Siraj dismissed Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton before bowling Gus Atkinson to complete his five-wicket-haul.
After Prasidh Krishna had bowled Josh Tongue for nought, Chris Woakes walked out to bat wearing a sling to protect his dislocated shoulder with 17 runs still needed.
Atkinson hit Siraj for six to give England brief hope, and cleverly protected Woakes from the strike.
But player-of-the-match Siraj produced another brilliant yorker to remove Atkinson and earn India their narrowest Test win by runs.
India’s victory allowed them to hold the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, freshly minted ahead of this summer, since they won the last series between these two sides.
