Jasprit Bumrah special gives relentless India 2-1 series lead
Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav all contributed too, as England lost 4 for 6 on the final afternoon to decisively swing the match
02/09Result
4th Test, India tour of England at London, Sep 2-6 2021
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![India]( "India")
191 & 466 -
![England]( "England")
290 & 210 (92.2 ov)
Player of the Match
02/09Result
4th Test, India tour of England at London, Sep 2-6 2021
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![India]( "India")
191 & 466 -
![England]( "England")
290 & 210 (92.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Tireless Jadeja's control on lifeless pitch justifies Kohli's faith in team combination
India have left R Ashwin out for all four Tests so far, and India's win at The Oval helped them shut out "outside noise"
England vs India, 4th Test, The Oval, 5th day - Live Report
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Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar to miss fifth Test after positive Covid-19 results
The entire Indian squad also underwent RT-PCR tests on Monday morning, with all players testing negative
England have looked outgunned and outplayed by India
In Bumrah, Rohit and Jadeja, India had players who could do what the hosts could not
Virat Kohli: Among the top three bowling performances I've seen as captain
"We have everything that we need to win: we have the belief, we have the team," says India captain
Joe Root rues England's 'missed opportunities' after Jasprit Bumrah throws fifth day into reverse
England captain says they should have been more "ruthless" in first innings
Stats - India's first Test win at The Oval since 1971
It was only the second time India won an away Test after scoring under 200 in their first innings
Jasprit Bumrah happens. And England's challenge ends
Out of a clear blue sky, England undergo an hour of reckoning that wrecks their resistance
Day 4
Steady Haseeb Hameed, Rory Burns set up intriguing final day
All results still possible as England need 291 runs, India ten wickets on placid Oval track
Is Rahane's form a concern? 'Not at this point,' says batting coach
Rathour says if Rahane has any technical issues, they shouldn't be discussed mid-series or mid-game
Chris Woakes: 'Felt like it was good enough wicket to be able to chase any score'
Seamer says England will aim to "tick it off slowly" in pursuit of their highest successful chase
Rishabh Pant finds a new way of defying expectations
In grinding out his slowest first-class fifty, even he was going somewhere he'd never gone before
England vs India, 4th Test, The Oval, 4th day - Live Report
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A rare second innings marathon in Tests by India
All the stats from India's second innings which set England 368 to win at The Oval
Ravi Shastri returns positive lateral flow test, placed in isolation along with three others
Bowling coach Bharat Arun, fielding coach R Sridhar and physiotherapist Nitin Patel to remain in team hotel with the head coach
England slog raises familiar questions about Moeen Ali holding down spinner's role
With Joe Root seemingly unable to trust Moeen and Craig Overton, he repeatedly asked more of his senior seamers
Day 3
Rohit Sharma anchors India's day with classy century
Cheteshwar Pujara also fires to help visitors finish day three with significant lead
Right-arm similar offers England no X-factor on day of hard toil
Absence of express pace leaves England with few answers on day when India got away
England vs India, 4th Test, The Oval, 3rd day - Live Report
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Rohit Sharma: 'First goal was to play balls, stay on the pitch for as long as possible'
India opener talks about trusting the "process" after recording long-awaited first overseas ton
Rohit Sharma walks the tightrope to his hundred
Maiden overseas Test century contains all the familiar traits, as opener ends long wait
Stats - Rohit Sharma's first overseas Test century
He got to triple-figures with a six for the third time in his career. Only Sachin Tendulkar has bettered that
Day 2
Ollie Pope's 81 gives England the lead but India stay in the hunt
Rahul and Rohit batted out 16 overs on day two to ensure the Test remained on a knife edge
Another day in a decade of Umesh Yadav
Yadav arrived like the culmination of India's first great pace bloom, but you're not quite sure what to make of him now
Pitch invader 'Jarvo' arrested after colliding with Jonny Bairstow on field
Spectator who made it onto ground for third time this series, held by police "on suspicion of assault"
As it happened - England vs India, 4th Test, The Oval, 2nd day
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Ollie Pope finds home comforts in tough surroundings to power England revival
Crucial 81 bolsters the batting as England inch into the ascendancy at the Kia Oval
Day 1
Live Report - England vs India, 4th Test, The Oval, 1st day
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Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav's strikes lift India after batting folds
Chris Woakes leads England's charge with ball, India under-par despite rapid fifty from Shardul Thakur
Chris Woakes shows why England are lucky to have him
In another era, Woakes may well have been England's premier swing bowler for a decade
Stats - Behind Kapil, ahead of Botham - Shardul Thakur enters record books
The first day of the fourth England vs India Test was a good one for quick bowlers, as 13 wickets went down
#LordShardul changes the mood of the day
Of all the people to score the fastest Test fifty ever recorded in England, it was a man with a first-class average of 16
Others
Ajinkya Rahane: a career waiting to be seized
He has played some stellar innings but it still feels he has the potential to be more; be great
'Natural leader' Moeen Ali steps up as Joe Root's deputy for Oval Test
Allrounder offers calm perspective as he takes over role from absent Jos Buttler
Jos Buttler's Test career isn't over - Joe Root
Woakes could replace Curran, Pope set to return, Bairstow will keep wicket as Buttler attends baby's birth
India's batting and selection in focus against upbeat England
The caravan moves to the Oval with intrigue surrounding both teams
