Overview

• At lunch on Day 3, India reached 189/3, leading by 166 runs with Jaiswal unbeaten on 85 alongside captain Shubman Gill.
• Jaiswal and nightwatchman Akash Deep shared a 107-run partnership before Deep was dismissed for 66 just before the interval.
• England’s pace attack, missing Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and Jofra Archer, struggled to extract seam movement on The Oval pitch.
• India must achieve an outright victory in this fifth Test to draw the series 2-2 after entering the match trailing 2-1.
• The final three days will test England’s depleted bowling resources as India presses for the win required to square the series.