ENG vs IND | England crash and burn in Siraj's relentless fire to end series 2-2 with six-run loss
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England fell six short of the 35 required runs on Day 5 at The Oval as India managed to scalp four wickets and script a famous series-levelling win. The hosts began ferociously with two consecutive boundaries but Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna claimed two wickets each to finish proceedings.
The only two Jamies to have ever played Test cricket for England, Smith and Overton walked out at The Oval on Monday in front of a packed arena with the awareness that millions of eyes would be boring into their television screens waiting for history to be made. A record chase at the venue was 35 runs away, and two balls into the day that figure had become 27 to send the crowd in a frenzy. Overton climbed into Prasidh Krishnas bumper first up to hook a boundary through square leg, before some vicious seam movement next ball caught his inside edge and the red cherry sprinted away for four more. Yet, as ominous as the beginning seemed, the Men in Blue kept their temparement to seize control of proceedings with some breathtaking bowling. Mohammed Siraj appeared particularly threatening, making the old ball swing away from the right-handers on a string, but it was Krishna who broke the game open by nicking behind Smith in the 78th over. Siraj then added Overton to the hit list with a beautiful nip-backer to trap him plumb and suddenly, England were left needing 20 with just two wickets in hand.
Josh Tongue tried to stand tall in the lethal conditions but his resistance lasted just 12 balls before Krishna executed the perfect bluff by sending gully to the ropes to threaten a bumper, only to execute a pinpoint yorker and decimate the base of the stumps. The drama peaked thus as Chris Woakes walked out to bat with his dislocated left-shoulder in a sling wrapped safely inside his jumper, leaving the onus of scoring all 17 remaining runs on Gus Atkinson. The all-rounder had no option but to swing for the fences, one of which ended up as a difficult chance for Akash Deep at long-on who could only parry the ball beyond the ropes for six. However, as was destiny, Siraj did have the final say with an inswinging yorker that snuck under Atkinson's bat and sent the off-stump cartwheeling, ending a whirlwind five-match series in the dramatic way it deserved.
Siraj Strikes!
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Must-win game at Gabba 2021. No Bumrah, Ashwin, Jadeja, Shami, Ishant, Vihari. No problem. 2-Test old Siraj makes an impact. Takes 5 wickets in the 2nd innings. India win for the first time at Gabba. India breach Australia's fortress - host lost there for the first time since…
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