TNI Bureau: India won a thriller at the Oval today by beating the host by six runs on the fifth day of the last and final test match and levelled the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series 2-2. All thanks to Mohammed Siraj who not just clinched a five-wicket haul, but also finished the match and series in a style.
In the final day of the match, England needed only 35 runs with four wickets in hand, including that of Chirs Woakes with a dislocated right shoulder. It seemed completely easy for the host to win the match and the series 3-1. However, Siraj along with Prasidh Krishna gradually took all the four wickets and helped the visitors to register a memorable win by six runs.
At the end of the match, Siraj got fiver, Krishna clinched four while Akash Deep got the other wicket.
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Mohammed Siraj was adjudged the Player of The Match while Shubman Gill and Harry Brook jointly became the Players of The Series.
Brief scores:
- India 224 (Karun Nair 57; Gus Atkinson 5-33, Josh Tongue 3-57) & 396 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 118, Akash Deep 66, Washington Sundar 53, Ravindra Jadeja 53; Josh Tongue 5-125, Gus Atkinson 3-127) beat England 247 (Zak Crawley 64, Harry Brook 53; Prasidh Krishna 4-62, Mohd. Siraj 4-86) & 367 (Harry Brook 111, Joe Root 105; Mohd. Siraj 5-104, Prasidh Krishna 4-126) by 6 runs.
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