Prasidh & Siraj complete India's fightback at Oval

• India drew series 2-2, beat England by 6 runs in final Test at The Oval.
• Jaiswal's 118, Deep's 66, Jadeja & Sundar's 50s set 374 target.
• Siraj's fifer sealed India's win after tense final day. Atkinson took 5 wkts for England.

On Monday, August 4, the Indian cricket team earned a famous six-run win in the fifth and final Test at the Kennington Oval in London, to conclude the series in a stalemate, 2-2 for the newly minted Anderson-Tendulkar

Trophy. After conceding a first innings lead of 23 runs, India batted with grit, courtesy a 118 from Yashasvi Jaiswal along with fifty-plus scores from Akash Deep (66), Ravindra Jadeja (53) and Washington Sundar (53) to put up a mammoth 374-run target.

At the start of day five, England began their second innings with the overnight score of 339/6 in 76.2 overs with Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton at the crease with 2* and 0* respectively to their names. The duo managed to stay only for a deliveries as Mohammed Siraj dismissed both in consecutive overs. While Siraj got Smith out with Dhruv Jurel completing a clean catch behind the wickets, Overton departed after falling to Siraj’s delivery lbw.

With the game getting intense with each delivery, Prasidh Krishna was denied a wicket in his second over of the day despite the umpire Ahsan Raza raising his finger in favour of the visiting side. However, England’s review helped Josh Tongue extend his stay as the ball looked to slip down the leg side. While it was a neck-and-neck battle, bringing in to-and fro-action, both teams held their nerves until the final minute.

But, Tongue departed without opening his account off Prasidh Krishna's over, the last-man Chris Woakes walked out with a injured shoulder. However, he put up a fight, helping Gus Atkinson with the singles, the latter was dismissed by Mohammed Siraj at the score of 17, failing to take England over the line.

Mohammed Siraj puts a fightback to guide India to victory; draws series by 2-2 margin

For the unversed, England’s stand-in captain Ollie Pope won the toss and invited India to bat first. On the back of a fighting 109-ball 57 from Karun Nair, India posted 224 runs in 69.4 overs. For the home side, Gus Atkinson proved to be the star bowler, who picked his fourt five-wicket haul in his 21.4 over spell. Thereafter, England put a fightback and put a 23-run lead, courtesy a crucial 64 from Zak Crawley and 53 from Harry Brook.

For India, Mohammed Siraj and Praish Krishna stood up, picking four wickets each whereas Akash Deep took one to his name. While they bowled out England at the score of 247, on the back of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 118 and a crucial 66 from nightwatchman Akash Deep, along with fifty plus scores from Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, Indina put a mammoth 374-run target. In reply, England gave a fightback, but Indian bowlers held their nerves, guiding India to close six-run win at The Oval with Mohammed Siraj picking a fifer.