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India has won the Oval Test by 6 runs (India Wins Oval Test). On the fifth day, hosts England had to score 35 runs to win, but she was able to score only 28 runs and lost the match by 6 runs. With this, the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy is spent 2-2 on par. This is only the third Test match won by India on the Oval ground. Also, this Test is India’s winning win in history by a margin of lowest runs. After Ajit Wadekar and Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill has become the third Indian captain, under whose captaincy Team India has won the Test match at the Oval ground.
India’s third win at Oval
Chasing a big target, England lost 3 wickets for a score of 106. From here, Harry Brook and Joe Root took a partnership of 195 runs and increased the difficulties of Team India, Root and Brook scored 105 runs and 111 runs respectively. On the Oval, India first won in 1971, at that time Ajit Wadekar used to be the captain of India. After 50 years, India defeated England in 2021 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
The closest victory in the test
This is India’s lowest win in Test cricket history. Earlier, India’s lowest margin was 13 runs, which came against Australia in 2004. In 1972, India defeated England by 28 runs.
- 6 runs – vs England – 2025
- 13 runs – vs Australia – 2004
- 28 runs vs England – 1972
India’s first innings in the rain -affected Oval Test was reduced to just 224 runs. In response to this, England had a good start by taking a 92 -run salute partnership, but within just 155 runs, England lost all the wickets, which ended England’s first innings on 247. England got a modest, but very important lead of 23 runs in the first innings.
When Team India came to bat for the second time, the pitch was better than before. KL Rahul and Sai Sudarshan could not play much big innings, but India moved forward towards the big score thanks to Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 118 runs. He shared a 107 -run partnership with Akashdeep. Akashdeep scored 66 runs. India’s second innings ended for 396 runs, so England got a target of 374 runs.
Mohammad Siraj and famous Krishna shock 17 wickets
In the Oval Test, two heroes of India’s victory were Mohammad Siraj and the famous Krishna. Both took 4-4 wickets in the first innings. In the second innings, Siraj took 5 wickets, while Krishna also took 4 wickets this time. Both of them have taken 17 wickets in the match.