Overview

• India clinched a six-run victory at The Oval on the final morning to level the five-Test Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy series 2-2.
• Mohammed Siraj produced a defining spell of 3 for 9 in the second innings, finished as the series’ leading wicket-taker with 23 dismissals and earned Player of the Match in the finale.
• Shubman Gill amassed 754 runs, including four centuries in his first series as captain, and was named Player of the Series after narrowly missing Sunil Gavaskar’s longstanding run-scoring mark.
• Prasidh Krishna supported the pace attack with four wickets in England’s second innings and shared the heavy workload as Jasprit Bumrah was rested under India’s management plan.
• The drawn series highlights India’s smooth transition after the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and sets both sides up for upcoming World Test Championship encounters.