New Delhi: After Team India’s thrilling series draw against England, Paes Spearhead Jasprit Bumrah took his pleasure on social media to express his pleasure on social media, which he called a “competitive and exciting” competition. Captain Shubman Gill and Pesar Mohammad Siraj topped the batting and bowling charts respectively, India sealed the series 2–2 at the Oval to seal a memorable six-run win.Posting on Instagram, Bumrah wrote, “We withdraw great memories from a highly competitive and exciting test series! Let’s see what is next.”Despite playing only three tests due to workload management, the Bumrah series ended as the combined-fourth highest wicket-book, which had 14 wickets at an average of 26.00, including the best figures of 5/74. He returned to red-ball cricket after a strong 18-icic IPL campaign with Mumbai Indians, using the tournament to prepare himself after an injury trimmed, maintained a back fracture during his 32-wicket in the border-gavaskar chain against Australia.
In the final test at the Oval, England won the toss and opted to bowl first. India was reduced to 153/6 before a 58 -run partnership between Karun Nair (109 balls, 8 fours) and Washington Sundar (26 runs off 55 balls, 3 fours) added some stability. India was eventually excluded for 224, in which Gas Atkinson claimed a five-wicket race and Josh tongue contributed to 3/57.In response, England was limited to 247 for four-width haws by Siraj (4/86) and Prasad Krishna (4/62), Zak Croly (64 runs 57, 14 square) and Ben Docket (43 to 38, 5, 5, 2 Six, 2 Six, 2 Six, 2 sixes, despite the opening stand of 92 runs.India strongly responded to their second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal led the charge with a brilliant 118 (164 balls, 14 fours, 2 sixes), which is the Vital 66 (94 balls, 12 fours) of the sky deep, 53 (77 balls, 5 fours) of Ravindra Jadeja, and Washington Beautiful’s aggressive 53 (46 balls, 46 balls, 4 sixes, 4 sixes, 4 sixes, 4 sixes, 4 sixes 4 Six is supported by Six, 4 Six). Sundar also played an important role in one final wicket stand with Krishna, where he scored all runs, while Krishna ended his end.
India posted 396, set England a difficult target of 374 runs.India made initial inroads, reduced England to 106/3, but the game returned from Harry Brook (111 runs 98, 14 fours, 2 sixes) and Joe Root (105 runs 152, 12 fours) for centuries, which added 195 for the fourth wicket. At 317/4, England looked ready to chase a historic chase. However, the tide was replaced by a surprising late burst from Siraj (5/104) and Krishna (4/126) as England was excluded for 367 – just six runs decreased.The dramatic finish brought the series into 2–2, a fitting end for a fierce election contest. With the emergence of Shubman Gill as a standout performance in the Captain and the board, Indian cricket has entered a new era with grit and character.
