Overview

• Mohammed Siraj delivered a decisive final-morning spell of three wickets for nine runs at The Oval to earn Player of the Match and finish as the series’ leading bowler with 23 scalps.
• India honoured a pre-tour workload plan by resting Jasprit Bumrah for the fifth Test and relied on Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Akash Deep to bowl 126 of the team’s 136 overs to clinch victory.
• Shubman Gill amassed 754 runs, including four centuries, in his first series as captain to anchor India’s batting after the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
• England, requiring only 35 runs with four wickets remaining on the final morning, collapsed under relentless seam bowling to lose the last seven wickets for 66 runs.
• The drawn 2-2 result secures crucial World Test Championship points and underscores India’s growing bench strength and tactical depth in overseas conditions.