Highlight
India won the fourth Test at The Oval by 157 runs.
India’s side was limited to 81 first innings runs.
The series culminates at Manchester’s Old Trafford.
India won the fourth Test by 157 runs at The Oval on Monday to lead the five-match series 2-1.
India won the fourth Test by 157 runs at the Oval on Monday, taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. India won their first Test and series in England at the Oval in 1971, after England were bowled for 210 after dinner on the final day. In a dramatic collapse, England lost four wickets for six runs in 36 balls, with left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah both striking twice.
When James Anderson was trapped behind, Umesh Yadav, who took 3-60, cleaned up the tail.
Earlier in the contest, Rohit Sharma scored 127, his first Test hundred outside India, as the tourists amassed 466 in their second innings after giving up a 99-run first-innings advantage.
On Monday, India all-rounder Shardul Thakur, who missed the first Test due to a hamstring injury, smashed half-centuries in both innings and took England skipper Joe Root’s wicket.
The fifth Test begins on Friday at Old Trafford in Manchester.
scorecards
First Innings 191 (S Thakur 57, V Kohli 50; C Woakes 4-55, O Robinson 3-38)
England 290 (first innings) (O Pope 81, C Woakes 50; U Yadav 3-76)
Second Innings 466 (R Sharma 127, C Pujara 61, S Thakur 60, R Pant 50; C Woakes 3-83)
2nd Innings, ENG (H Hameed 63, R Burns 50; U Yadav 3-60)
India won by 157 runs.
India leads 2-1 in the series.
