Overview

• India beat England by six runs in the fifth Test at the Oval to draw the five-match series 2-2.
• Mohammed Siraj took three wickets for nine runs on the final morning and finished as the series’ leading wicket-taker with 23 scalps.
• Shubman Gill led from the front with 754 runs and four centuries, cementing his success in debuting as India’s Test captain.
• India’s decision to rest Jasprit Bumrah for the fifth Test under a pre-planned workload rotation allowed Prasidh Krishna to step up with four wickets in the second innings.
• England, missing captain Ben Stokes through injury, required just 35 runs with four wickets in hand but collapsed under India’s pace attack.