India are on the verge of a 1-3 series defeat with six-down England needing just 35 runs to win the Oval Test.
Despite putting a promising show in the five-Test tour of England, Team India are on the verge of a 1-3 series defeat with six-down hosts needing just 35 runs to win the finale at The Oval.
India allowed England to chase down 371 in the series opener at Headingly with only five wickets down, before registering a crushing 336-run victory in the second Test.
The visitors then lost the third game by 22 runs at Lord’s, and followed it up with a spirited draw in Manchester.
"It is a bit like a tennis score. Isn't it? That one team has won more games, the other has won more sets. If you add up all games, it is a bit like that. A strange one this," asked commentator and cricket expert Harsha Bhogle on Sony Sports.
To which, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar replied, "It is. You could say that. But at the end of the day, it is the result that matters. Unless India win this game and level the series. You will have to say that England were the better team."
Bad light and rain in the third session pushed the series-decider to Day 5 after India managed to stay in the contest yet again following fine hundreds from Joe Root and Harry Brook that almost sealed the deal for England.
With both Brook and Root being dismissed, India managed to put some pressure on the English batters before stumps on Day 4. Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton are currently at the crease, and while the duo will try its best to help England register a 3-1 series victory, the Indian bowlers will be keen to end the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at 2-2.