London : India defeated England by 6 runs at Kennington Oval, London in 5th Test’s Day 5 to tie Anderson – Tendulkar Trophy 2-2.
England required 35 runs on last day while India needed just 4 wickets. India started the day with Mohammad Siraj dismissing the last recognized Batter Jamie Smith (2) , finding his edge. Siraj didn’t stop as he quickly knocked off Jamie Overton’s stumps (9). Prasidh Krishna didn’t make much delay in yorking Josh Tongue.
With 1 wicket in hand, Chris Woakes walked out with broken left hand. Gus Atkinson (17) played heroic cameo but in the end he was dismissed off Siraj’s yorker with just 7 runs remaining. India clinched historic win to level the series 2-2.
Siraj was awarded Player of the Match, while Shubman Gill and Harry Brook Player of the series.
Brief Scorecard :
1st Innings :
IND : 224
Karun Nair : 57 (109)
ENG :
Gus Atkinson : 5/33
1st Innings :
ENG :
Zak Crawley : 64 (57)
Harry Brook : 53 (64)
IND :
Prasidh Krishna : 4/62
Md Siraj : 4/86
2nd Innings :
IND : 396
Yashasvi Jaiswal : 118 (164)
Akash Deep : 66 (94)
Washington Sundar : 53 (46)
Ravindra Jadeja : 53 (77)
ENG :
Josh Tongue : 5/125
Gus Atkinson : 3/127
2nd Innings :
ENG : 367
Harry Brook : 111 (98)
Joe Root : 105 (152)
Ben Duckett : 54 (83)
IND :
Md Siraj : 5/105
Prasidh Krishna : 4/126
Result : India win by 6 Runs.
