India Win All-time Test Despite Woakes Heroics

Fifth Rothesay Test, The Kia Oval (day 5 of five)

India 224 (Nair 57, Atkinson 5-33, Tongue 3-57) & 396 (Jaiswal 118; Tongue 5-125)

England 247 (Crawley 64; Krishna 4-62, Siraj 4-86) & 367 (Brook 111, Root 105; Siraj 5-104)

India won by six runs; tie bid 2-2

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England were denied a record-breaking tally pursuit by an irresistible India, who snatched triumph by six runs successful 1 of nan astir melodramatic conclusions successful Test cricket history.

In scenes that will spell down successful British sporting folklore, Chris Woakes came retired to bat pinch his limb successful a sling to support Gus Atkinson erstwhile England needed 17 to scope their target of 374.

Woakes was fixed a hero's welcome, past stood astatine nan non-striker's extremity arsenic Atkinson attempted to swipe England to victory.

Amid almost unbearable hostility astatine The Oval, Atkinson and Woakes someway tried to inch England on, surrounded by nan deafening din of nan febrile Indian support.

After Atkinson clobbered Mohammed Siraj for six, Woakes ran a bye to wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, who missed nan stumps, successful bid for Atkinson to pinch nan strike.

India kept nan section back. Prasidh Krishna bowled nan adjacent over. Woakes was capable to tally a two, past different captious azygous disconnected nan last shot to time off Atkinson pinch nan strike.

But Atkinson was bowled by nan superb Siraj, giving India their narrowest triumph successful position of runs successful a Test.

It near 1 of nan top bid ever played level astatine 2-2, concluding 25 days of outstanding sporting theatre.

At nan extremity of a fractious series, India collapsed disconnected from nan delirious celebrations to commiserate pinch Woakes, past embarked connected a thigh of honour, soaking up a historical triumph pinch their jubilant fans.