India's dressing room erupted into wild celebration after Mohammed Siraj picked up the final wicket to seal a stunning win at The Oval on Monday. The fast bowler took three of the last four wickets on the fifth morning to complete his fifth career five-wicket haul as England were bowled out for 396, drawing the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series 2-2.
Breaking into jubilant scenes, the Indian dressing room mobbed head coach Gautam Gambhir. The victory came as a major sigh of relief for the former India batter, who had been under fire following an unprecedented whitewash at home against New Zealand last November, and a Border-Gavaskar Trophy series defeat in Australia.
Gambhir later shared an emotional hug with Shubman Gill, who managed to avoid a series defeat in his first assignment as India’s Test captain.
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How India bounced back in the 5th Test
England looked set for a record win at The Oval. No team had ever chased a target of 374 at the venue, and the 195-run fourth-wicket partnership between centurions Harry Brook and Joe Root put the hosts in a commanding position on Day 4. At one point on Sunday, England were cruising at 301/3 before suffering a mini-collapse around the Tea break, losing three wickets for just 26 runs.
{{/usCountry}}England looked set for a record win at The Oval. No team had ever chased a target of 374 at the venue, and the 195-run fourth-wicket partnership between centurions Harry Brook and Joe Root put the hosts in a commanding position on Day 4. At one point on Sunday, England were cruising at 301/3 before suffering a mini-collapse around the Tea break, losing three wickets for just 26 runs.
{{/usCountry}}On the final morning, Siraj dismissed Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton before bowling Gus Atkinson to complete his five-wicket haul, while Prasidh Krishna cleaned up Josh Tongue for a duck as India sealed the memorable win.
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This was the first time India won the fifth Test match of a series away from home. The six-run win was also the lowest margin by which India have ever won a Test match, going past their previous record of a 13-run win against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in 2004.
England, meanwhile, have failed to win a Test series against India since their 4-1 victory at home in 2018.