India need 4 wickets to level the series. With Chris Box injured, England have an even bigger challenge. If England win this Test, the series will be 3-1 in their favour.
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Joe Root and Harry Brooks scored centuries on Sunday as England cruised towards a huge target, bringing the fifth and final Test against India into an exciting position. Having a target of 374 runs, England scored 339 runs after losing 6 wickets at the end of the fourth day's match at the Oval.
After Sunday's game was stopped due to bad light and rain, the result was not available. England are 35 runs away from victory. India need 4 wickets to level the series. With Chris Box injured, England have an even bigger challenge. If England win this Test, the series will be 3-1 in their favour.
England scored 371 runs in the first Test at Headingley and won by 5 wickets. Ever since Brendon McCullum became the coach of New Zealand in 2022, England has been displaying very aggressive batting in Test cricket.
In the match of the day, Ben Duckett was dismissed for 54 and captain Ollie Pope was dismissed for 27 runs. Duckett scored 54 runs off 83 balls with 6 fours. But after Brooks and Root put on a partnership of 195 runs in 35 overs for the fourth wicket, there was a possibility of England's victory. Brooks completed his 10th Test century in 91 balls. But just before tea time he was dismissed by Akash Deep for 111 runs. Brooks hit 14 fours and 2 sixes in 98 balls.
Root scored his 39th century. He scored 150 runs. Root, who is heading towards Sachin Tendulkar's record for scoring the most runs in Test cricket, hit 12 fours in 152 balls. He was dismissed by the famous Krishna. Jacob Bethal, who took the place of the injured captain Ben Stokes, had earlier been dismissed by Krishna for 5 runs. From India, Krishna has taken 3 wickets, Mohammad Siraj 2 and Deep 1.
India could score only 224 runs in the first innings. After scoring 247 runs in reply, England took a lead of 23 runs on the basis of the first innings. Opener Yashshvi Jaiswal's 118 runs, India scored 396 runs in the second innings and gave England a huge challenge.
