Latest updates: Bad day for India, in total. But who is to be blamed? They themselves. Gave too many runs away in the morning session. They have made things worse for themselves. Although there were some close chances which did not go in their way. Made England form partnership. They themselves were not able to manufacture any concrete ones today. This is a very ordinary performance which does not reflect the position this team has granted in the world rankings. Day 1 report: Alastair Cook missed out on a century as England threw away a decent start to huff and puff their way to 198/7 and Indian bowlers came up with a captivating Day 1 performance in the fifth Test here on Friday. Former England skipper Cook, who called time on his illustrious career before the final rubber, top-scored for the hosts with a patient 71 off 190 balls before he was removed by Jasprit Bumrah. [caption id=“attachment_5098681” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] England captain Joe Root and India captain Virat Kohli. AP[/caption] Joe Root had won the toss and elected to bat first. All-rounder Moeen Ali, batting at No.3, got to a dogged 50 off 170 balls as well but India came roaring back in the third session after struggling to get wickets in the first two, to reduce England to 198 from 60/0 at one stage. Pace spearhead Ishant returned best figures of 3/28, while Ravindra Jadeja – playing his first match of the series – and Bumrah grabbed two wickets each conceding 57 and 41 runs, respectively. At stumps, Jos Buttler (11 batting) and Adil Rashid (4 batting) were at the crease. Cook looked good for his 71, playing some glorious cover drives and pulling and hooking with elan to roll back time. Along with Keaton Jennings (23), the pair had brought up the highest opening stand in the series. But Jadeja broke the association with a wicket-to-wicket delivery that flew to leg slip off the face of the bat for KL Rahul to take the catch. Cook then tried to stitch another partnership with Moeen but Bumrah got the ball to jag back in and disturb the stumps. Bumrah sent captain Root back in his next delivery with Ishant then dismissing wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow (0) in the next over to reduce the hosts to 134-4. Moeen tried to steady the ship but Ishant returned to take two wickets in three balls in the 83rd over as England further slipped to 181 for 7. The hosts lost six wickets for 58 runs post tea to collapse from 133-1 to 181-7. Ishant got Bairstow out caught behind and Ben Stokes (11) and Ali put on 37 runs for the fifth wicket before Jadeja began the slide again trapping Stokes lbw. Ali nicked Ishant behind after a resolute show with Sam Curran (0) dismissed for a duck, the batsman edging behind as he looked to leave the ball. Shami bowled a threatening spell, but Jos Buttler (11*) and Adil Rashid (4*) survived till the end somehow. Earlier, England were cruising at 123/1 at tea with Cook and Moeen looking good at the crease. Cook, playing in his final international match, registered his 57th fifty in his 161st Test. The 32-year-old left-hander, who resumed the session with an individual score of 37, got a reprieve at the same score. An away-swigning delivery from paceman Ishant Sharma was poked by Cook but Ajinkya Rahane dropped it at gully in the 31st over. In the following over, Moeen too got a reprieve while batting on a personal score of 2. The left-hander got a thick edge off Jasprit Bumrah and captain Virat Kohli dropped the left-hander at third slip. Cook and Moeen, then, batted with strong defences and played risk-free cricket to see off the session. They waited for the loose deliveries to score runs. In the first session, it was all England as the home crowd, baying for a Cook show, were satiated. Brief scores: England 1st innings 198/7 (Alastair Cook 71, Moeen Ali 50; Ishant Sharma 3/28, Jasprit Bumrah 2/41, R. Jadeja 2/57) With inputs from IANS
Highlights, India vs England, 5th Test at The Oval, Day 2, Full Cricket Score: India 174/6 at stumps, trail by 158 runs
Bad day for India, in total. But who is to be blamed? They themselves. Gave too many runs away in the morning session. They have made things worse for themselves. Although there were some close chances which did not go in their way. Made England form partnership. They themselves were not able to manufacture any concrete ones today. This is a very ordinary performance which does not reflect the position this team has granted in the world rankings.
 "Highlights, India vs England, 5th Test at The Oval, Day 2, Full Cricket Score: India 174/6 at stumps, trail by 158 runs")
And that brings us to the close of our day’s play. India are reeling at the moment. We will be back again at 3:30 PM IST. Don’t forget to come back to catch live score and updates of this last Test.
Take care and good night.
After 51 overs,India 174/6 ( Hanuma Vihari 25 , Ravindra Jadeja 8)
STUMPS!
Bad day for India, in total. But who is to be blamed? They themselves. Gave too many runs away in the morning session. They have made things worse for themselves. Although there were some close chances which did not go in their way. Made England form partnership. They themselves were not able to manufacture any concrete ones today. This is a very ordinary performance which does not reflect the position this team has granted in the world rankings.
After 50 overs,India 169/6 ( Hanuma Vihari 24 , Ravindra Jadeja 4)
Moeen Ali returns. More because Root wants to bowl as many as possible till the stumps to improve the bowling run rate. The upcoming over should be the last one.
After 49 overs,India 164/6 ( Hanuma Vihari 23 , Ravindra Jadeja 4)
Stokes it is again. Whenever the two prime bowlers have got tired, Stokes has come in and produced results. Pant is back into the hut. Horrible series it has been for the young man with the bat.
After 48 overs,India 156/5 ( Hanuma Vihari 23 , Rishabh Pant (W) 1)
Curran continues. Pant continues playing his shots. That is the one way he likes to play and he is not sacrificing his style of play.
After 47 overs,India 154/5 ( Hanuma Vihari 22 , Rishabh Pant (W) 0)
Kohli is gone. He continued playing his shots and that laid the foundation of the wicket. In comes Pant and he heaves the first ball he faces. Two of India’s young men in the middle now, hopefully the future, will figure out how this Test will go about for India and fittingly so. Nine more overs remaining today. Let’s see how many can be bowled today and how many these two are able to cope with.
After 46 overs,India 154/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 49 , Hanuma Vihari 22)
Curran continues. Vihari has shown some aggression in the last two overs. Seems this was done after a pep talk by the captain at the other end.
Fifty-run stand for India as well. Has comes in quick time. Important for these two to play till stumps.
After 45 overs,India 144/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 48 , Hanuma Vihari 13)
Stokes comes in steaming in and Vihari hits a six. This was some statement from the young man. Two balls later, he tries another pull and this time mistimes it. The ball goes in the air but Adil Rashid at fine leg flounders.
After 44 overs,India 133/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 48 , Hanuma Vihari 2)
Curran replaces Broad. Two boundaries in the over from Kohli. This is brilliant stuff from him, cutting down the pressure.
After 43 overs,India 119/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 34 , Hanuma Vihari 2)
Kohli leaves the first ball from Stokes. Wonder what goes inside Kohli’s mind but on the outside, he looks all cool. If Vihari can pass this phase, and India go back without losing any further wickets, India will take it.
After 42 overs,India 118/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 33 , Hanuma Vihari 2)
Broad continues and tries to bring it in from the outside the off stump line to Vihari. The debutant leaves it alone. After two such deliveries, Vihari makes two solid defences. Looked good when he did that.
After 41 overs,India 113/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 29 , Hanuma Vihari 2)
Ben Stokes comes into the attack. Good thing about Vihari is that he is looking calm and composed in the middle. This is the first time that we are seeing of him at the international level and despite the few initial hiccups, he has been able to cope it up all with calmness. Let’s see if he can stretch his stay in the middle along side his captain.
After 40 overs,India 112/4 ( Kohli 28 , Vihari 2)
Root has placed a leg slip for Kohli and Broad fires in an inswinger. This was what Root was talking about animatedly with the fast bowler in the last over. Make him play the flick and hope for him to make that mistake. Kohli almost made that plan come to life on the first ball. He is the key here. If he goes, India will almost be buried in this innings.
After 39 overs,India 109/4 ( Virat Kohli (C) 26 , Hanuma Vihari 1)
Anderson to continue. He is on fire at the moment, asking questions to Kohli every now and then. But the Indian captain has not looked too perturbed too. It is the young man Hanuma Vihari who is having some issue and why not two of world’s finest seamners are up against him. Vihari should be happy that he has Kohli at the other end. He will help him calm the nerves down.
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