ENG vs IND: India has won a thrilling 6-run victory in the Oval Test match.
ENG vs IND: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has recently revealed that he was confident that the kind of game India showed on the fourth day of the Oval Test match, it would win. It is worth noting that the fourth day’s play ended early due to rain and poor light.
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ENG vs IND: At the end of the fourth day, hosts England needed 35 runs to win, while the Indian team needed 4 wickets. After this, on the last day of the game, the Indian bowlers performed brilliantly, especially Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.
ENG vs IND: Together they took 9 wickets in England’s second innings and helped the team win a thrilling 6-run victory. Thanks to this victory, Team India was able to finish the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test series at 2-2.
ENG vs IND: Sourav Ganguly made a big statement
Let us tell you that after the end of the fifth Test match between England and India, Sourav Ganguly said, as quoted by NDTV-
At the end of the fourth day’s play, I was confident that India would win. The pitch was really good and Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna bowled brilliantly.
Apart from this, former Indian cricketer Madan Lal reacted to this historic victory of India and praised the game of the Indian cricket team. Madan Lal said-
This is a historic victory. He took four wickets for very few runs. The bowling of Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna was excellent. We will always remember this Test match, because such matches have been seen very rarely in the history of India.
Shubman Gill became Player of the Series
On the other hand, Shubman Gill was given the Player of the Series award for his amazing batting in this Test series. Gill scored a total of 754 runs in 10 innings of the five-match series at an excellent average of 75.40. With this, he has also become the Indian captain who has scored the most runs as a captain in a Test series.
