London. The last match of the 5 -match Test series between India and England is being played in London’s ‘The Oval’. This match has reached a very exciting turn. The game of the fifth day (4 August) is now left in the match. Where England is 35 runs away from the victory, but only 4 wickets are left. That is, either of the two teams can win this match.
When the fourth day’s play ended, England’s score was 339 for 6 wickets in the second innings. Jamie Smith 2 and Jamie overton were unbeaten after scoring 0 runs. Smith is a wicketkeeper batsman, while overton is fast bowling all -rounder. If the Indian team manages to take the wickets of both of them in the beginning, then the match can come in India’s bag. Josh Tung, Gas Atkinson and Chris Woakes can also bat well, but Smith and Overton’s wicket will be very important for India.
The good thing for the Indian team is that the new ball is not far away now. England’s second innings has a 76.2 -over game. That is, after the completion of 80 overs, Indian captain Shubman Gill will become an option to take a new ball. Shubman will definitely like to get a new ball. The pitch is still very favorable for the bowlers, in such a situation, pace and bounce will get more from the new ball and it will be easy to take wickets. India has excellent bowling attack, which also held the English team on a low score in the first innings. Fast bowlers like Mohammad Siraj and famous Krishna can take the remaining wickets from the new ball soon.
Result will already come in the session!
There is no scope for the draw, so the match at which the match is standing. There is every possibility of results in the session before the fifth day. The weather of London will also be favorable for sports today and the possibility of rain in the first session is negligible. Now the thing to see will be which team wins. Either England will win the match by scoring 35 runs or the Indian team will take the match with 4 wickets. Or the match will be left on the tie, which has been done only twice in Test history.
If the Indian team wins this match, then they will match the five-match Test series 2-2. The first match of the series was won by England by 22 runs, which was played at the Handingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. The Indian team then won by 336 runs in the match played at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham. Then England made a comeback and won the Test match held at Cricket’s Mecca Lord’s by 22 runs. Then the match played between the two teams in Manchester was left on a draw.
Brief score of oval test match
India: First innings- 224, second innings- 396
Target: 374
England: First innings- 247, second innings- 339/6