Oval Test News
On the final day of the Oval Test, Kohli took a cheeky jibe at the popular England fan club, Barmy Army, with his trumpet celebration when Jasprit Bumrah castled Ollie Pope to pick up his 100th Test wicket.
Virat Kohli termed Monday's performance that saw India register a sensational 157-run win in the fourth Test against England as one of the three best bowling performances he has witnessed.
Unless any points are deducted, India will earn 26 points and a percentage of points (PCT) of 58.33 percent. Next in the WTC points table are Pakistan and the West Indies, both with 12 points and a PCT of 50 percent each.
Indian bowlers wreaked havoc in the second session as England went from 141/2 to 147/6.
Victory took India 2-1 up in the series with one Test to go.
Rohit Sharma hit his first overseas Test ton on Saturday to lead India's comeback into the fourth Test after the visiting side was folded for 191 in the first innings against England.
'Jarvo 69' ran with so much force that he went on and dashed into the batsman at the non-striker's end and was not even aware of his arrival.
'Jarvo 69' had invaded the pitch again on the third day of the third Test between India and England. The incident happened after India opener Rohit Sharma was dismissed.
Umesh Yadav joins Kapil Dev, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, and Mohammed Shami in the elite list.
Pope played tight and stitched half-century partnerships with Jonny Bairstow (37) and Moeen Ali (35) to bring the host back into the game when they had looked down and out early on the second morning, being 62/5.
After bundling out India for 191, England got off to a bad start as openers Rory Burns (5) and Haseeb Hameed (0) were sent back to the pavilion in the fourth over by Jasprit Bumrah. On the cusp of stumps, Umesh Yadav got the big fish as he clean bowled England captain Joe Root (21) and the hosts were reduced to 52/3.
On Thursday, Indian skipper Virat Kohli once again announced at the toss that Ashwin, who is India's fourth highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, would not be among the five best bowlers who would be playing the Oval Test against England.
India were all out at 345 in 94.3 overs on the final day of the fifth Test match against England. England won by 118 runs and clinched the series 4-1.
England were 74 for one in their second innings, a lead of 252 runs at stumps on a gloomy third day where rain meant only 32 overs out of scheduled 98 were bowled.
Hosts England will resume penultimate day's play on 88/4 with Gary Ballance and Jonny Bairstow unbeaten on 4 and 14 respectively.
The 38-year-old Younis is still some way short of retired India great Sachin Tendulkar`s all-time record of 51 Test hundreds.
It was a skill left-arm paceman Zaheer demonstrated to good effect during India`s 1-0 success in the three-match Pataudi Trophy Test campaign in England in 2007 and Anderson, who was on the opposite side, took note.
The hosts went 2-1 up with one to play in the series after coming from behind to win the third Test by 141 runs at Edgbaston on Sunday.
Vince suffered an injury to the fourth or ring finger of his left hand while fielding in the slips on Sunday as England completed a 141-run win in the third Test to go 2-1 up with one to play in the four-match series.
The maiden day-night Test is scheduled to start from November 27 in Adelaide Oval between Oz and NZ.
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