Overview

• India bowled England out for 367 at The Oval to win the final Test by six runs, levelling the five-match series 2-2.
• Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj claimed five wickets in the final innings, finished as the series’ top wicket-taker with 23 scalps, and was named Man of the Match.
• Captain Shubman Gill amassed 754 runs, including four centuries, and led India through a generational transition following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
• Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the final Test under India’s workload management plan, elevating Siraj and Prasidh Krishna to spearhead the bowling attack.
• The Election Commission highlighted the match’s excitement in a social media message to spur voter enrolment under its Special Intensive Revision drive for Bihar’s upcoming assembly polls.