India has won closely by 6 runs in the Oval Test. This is India’s winning win in the history of Test cricket. The Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy touched 2-2 on par. The first innings decreased in the fifth Test, from being reduced to just 224 runs to registering a historic victory of 6 runs. Know here for which 5 reasons the Indian team was able to win in the Oval Test.

Mohammad Siraj proved to be a good leader?

Jasprit Bumrah was not playing the fifth Test, so Mohammad Siraj was India’s most experienced fast bowler. He took a total of 9 wickets in the match, leading the pace attack. Siraj looked very strong mentally, each of his ball was asking questions to the England batsmen. Seeing his physical language, a different edge was seen in the bowling of famous Krishna and Akashdeep.

Finally, depth in batting worked

In the entire series, the Indian team management has adopted a depth strategy in batting. India’s 6 wickets fell for 153 runs in the first innings, but the last 4 wickets added 71 runs to bring India to a respectable score of 224. At the end of the second innings, Washington Sundar played an innings of 53 runs, India’s score was taken around 400. Had this innings not come, England would have got a target of 330-340.

Good support found in bowling

It is generally seen that India’s lead bowler is doing well, but he does not get support. On one side, Mohammad Siraj took 9 wickets in the Oval Test, while the famous Krishna took a total of 8 wickets in the match giving full support to him.

Did not take new ball on the fifth day

On the fifth day, England had to score 35 runs to win. On the fifth day only 4 overs were thrown and after 80 overs in the innings, a new ball was available for the Indian team. Siraj and Krishna were making the old ball swing a lot, due to which the English batsmen beat many times. Had India taken a new ball, perhaps it could have bounced more than the old ball, in such a situation, it would have become a little easier for the batsmen to make the bat and the ball connection.

Jaiswal works on the most important occasion

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 323 runs in 8 innings before the Oval Test. At the same time, Jaiswal was constantly flopped in the last 6 innings of the series against England. Eventually Jaiswal scored a century when England had gained 23 runs in the first innings of the Oval Test. In the second innings, Jaiswal scored 118 runs, ending the drought of his big innings. Due to him, India reached 396 runs in the second innings.

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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.

IND vs Eng Second Test Day 1 Highlights: India scored 309 runs at the loss of five wickets at the end of the first day of the second Test of the series being played against England in Edgbaston. Captain Shubman Gill scored a second consecutive century. He is unbeaten on 114 runs. Ravindra Jadeja is playing with him for 41 runs.

England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul landed to start the innings for India. Rahul flopped and was dismissed for just 2 runs. After this, Karun Nair, who came to bat at number three, played an innings of 31 runs. Nair shared an 80 -run partnership with Jaiswal for the second wicket. Nair once again missed the opportunity to play a big innings.

Indian captain Shubman Gill landed at number four to bat. Gill shared a 66 -run partnership for the third wicket with Jaiswal. Jaiswal missed the opportunity of century. When the team’s score was 161 runs, Jaiswal was dismissed as the third wicket by scoring 87 runs.

After Jaiswal’s dismissal, Gill and Pant shared a 47 -run partnership for the fourth wicket. When the team’s score was 208, Pant was dismissed for 25 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy was also dismissed soon after scoring just one run as the fifth wicket.

Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja did not let the Indian team suffer after this. Gill scored the seventh century of his Test career. Gill is unbeaten by scoring 114 runs in 216 balls with the help of 12 fours. Ravindra Jadeja with him is unbeaten on 41 runs with the help of five fours in 67 balls. There has been a 99 -run partnership between the two. If the Indian team has to make a big score, then both these batsmen will have to expand their innings on the second day.

For England, Chris Woakes took two wickets, Bridan Cars, Ben Stokes and Shoaib Bashir.