India vs England: Hosts close in on victory at Oval

India stared at an embarrassing defeat after Alastair Cook's fairytale farewell knock and Joe Root's classy hundred enabled England to pile more misery on the visitors during the penultimate day of the fifth Test. Cook made dogged 147 in his final knock while skipper Root roared back to form with a stylish 125 as the duo grinded the Indian bowling into submission with 259-run stand. Courtesy the twin hundreds by the former and current skipper, England declared their second innings on 423/8 with a massive target of 464 for the Indians. Deflated after fielding for over 112 overs, India's wobbly top-order once again faltered with Shikhar Dhawan (1), Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and Virat Kohli (0) dismissed in quick succession with day end score being 58 for 3

Updated on: Sep 11, 2018 11:08 AM IST

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England's Alastair Cook leaves the pitch at the end of play. (REUTERS)

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England's Alastair Cook hit a century in his last Test innings. (REUTERS)

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England's Joe Root celebrates his century. (REUTERS)

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England's Alastair Cook, right, in his last ever batting innings before retiring from test cricket, celebrates reaching his century with his batting partner England's Joe Root. (AP)

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England's Alastair Cook reacts as Jonny Bairstow, India players and fans applaud him as he walks off after losing his wicket. (REUTERS)

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India's Hanuma Vihari, left, celebrates taking the wicket of England's Sam Curran with India captain Virat Kohli. (AP)

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India's Mohammed Shami, left, celebrates taking the wicket of England's Jonny Bairstow. (AP)

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England's James Anderson celebrates after taking the wicket of India's Shikhar Dhawan. (AFP)

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England's James Anderson (C) celebrates taking the wicket of India's Cheteshwar Pujara. (AFP)

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England's Stuart Broad celebrates taking the wicket of India's Virat Kohli. (REUTERS)