Indian fans’ fear of 4-1 series loss eventually came true as England defeated Virat Kohli and company by 118 runs in the fifth and final Test at The Oval on Tuesday (September 11).

Chasing the colossal target of 464 runs in the fourth innings, India were tottering at 58/3 at stumps on Day 4 with KL Rahul (46*) and Ajinkya Rahane (10*) at the crease. The duo of Rahul and Rahane started the fifth day positively, adding 64 runs to their overnight stand of 56.

When things were looking at ease for India, Rahane threw away his wicket by recklessly sweeping Moeen Ali towards mid-wicket. After Rahane’s departure on 37, the visitors lost the wicket of debutant Hanuma Vihari in the next over. Vihari, who scored 56 in his maiden Test innings, became the victim of Ben Stokes.

Meanwhile, Rahul continued his audacious strokeplay from the other end and in the process notched up his fifth century in red-ball cricket. It was Rahul’s maiden Test ton on English soil and also his first significant score in this series. Rishabh Pant was batting alongside Rahul when umpires decided to go for the lunch break with India on 167/5.

During the post-lunch session, Pant went berserk and score 89 runs in the session to notch up his maiden Test century. The dynamic pair of Rishabh and Rahul dominated the English attack and added 131 runs in the entire session to take the tourists to 298/5 at Tea.

Needing another 166 runs to win the Test, India lost the plot in the final session as Adil Rashid removed Rahul (149) and Pant (114) in quick succession. Afterwards, England took the second new ball and wrapped up the Indian innings in no time.

While Sam Curran got rid of Ishant Sharma (5) and Ravindra Jadeja (13), James Anderson removed Mohammad Shami (0) to bundle out India on 345. By virtue of this win, the hosts clinched the five-match Test series 4-1.

Twitterverse was buzzing on the final day of the England-India Test series with experts sharing their valuable inputs.

Here are some of the tweets: