Rain, bad light halt England charge towards series win after Harry Brook, Joe Root tons
GH News August 04, 2025 03:06 AM

New Delhi: The fifth Test between India and England is being played at the Oval. England has scored 339 runs with five wickets down in aiming for the target of 374 runs set by India. England is 35 runs away from victory on the fifth day. India is four wickets away from victory.
Why was Day 4 interrupted?
Umpire interrupted play on the fourth day due to rain. Jamie Smith was in the middle after scoring two runs and Jamie Overton has not yet opened his account. For India three wickets have been lost to Prasidh Krishna and two wickets to Siraj.
What happened on Day 4?
On the fourth day of the match India dismissed Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope in the morning session. Duckett scored 54 runs off 83 balls before getting dismissed. Siraj dismissed Ollie Pope after he scored 27 runs off 34 balls. Harry Brook scored 111 runs off 98 balls before he was dismissed by Akash Deep. Brook put up a 195-run stand for the fourth wicket with Root. Jacob Bethell managed to score only 5 runs off 31 balls. Joe Root scored 105 runs off 152 balls before getting dismissed. England is currently ahead in the five-match Test series 2-1.
The old ball which was not doing a thing in the afternoon session started aiding the pacers and the scoreboard hardly moved. Suddenly the remaining 37 runs seemed a long way off.
Jamie Overton and Jamie Smith were in the middle when bad light stopped play with the momentum in India’s favour. England were 339 for six and new ball just 3.4 overs away. Rain followed soon taking the match to day five.
In the afternoon session an epic 195-run stand off 211 balls between Brook and Root took the wind out India’s sails as England coasted to 317 for four at tea.
The three Indian pacers could not much out of the pitch with a softer ball and the two spinners Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja too proved ineffective although to be fair to them they werent given lengthy spells.