ENG vs IND | ‘Wish I didn't play that shot and get out’, Brook on his dismissal at Oval

‌India squared the five-match Test series against England (2-2) with a thrilling six-run win over England in the final Test at The Oval in London on Monday. Starting the day with four wickets required and only 35 runs to be scored, pacer Mohammed Siraj helped the visitors make a stunning turnaround that left England white-ball captain ruing about the missed opportunity.

Brook took the Indian bowling attack to the cleaners with a demoralising 91-ball century and stuffed out all hopes of the visitors with his mammoth 195-run partnership for the fourth wicket off 211 balls with Joe Root on the penultimate day. England added 153 runs in 28 overs between lunch and tea, with Siraj giving a precious life to Brook when he was on 19.

But the batter, in search of quick runs, was dismissed for 111 after stepping down the track to mistime a lofted shot off Akash Deep. The batter hit 14 fours and two sixes during his blistering knock, with England still needing 73 runs to win the final Test and the series.

"My thought process was just to try and hit as many runs as quickly as possible," Brook said at the post-match presentation. "Like I said, the game's done if we need 40 runs with me and Rooty in there; if I get out there [with 40 to win], the game's still done. Obviously, it didn't work. Hindsight is a beautiful thing, and obviously, I wish now that I didn't play that shot and get out."

"At the time, I was obviously very confident, he told BBC’s Test Match Special. If I'd have got a quick 30 off the next two overs, then the game is done. That was my thought process. I always try and take the game on and put them under immense pressure… I wish I was there at the end, but you can't write them things.

But in what was a terrific display of grit and fighting spirit, the Siraj-led visitors’ bowling attack accounted for the last seven wickets for the addition of just 66 runs to subject the hosts to a painful loss. The Hyderabad pacer ended with figures of 5/104 and ended the match with a haul of nine wickets, while Prasidh Krishna supported him with eight wickets in the game.

"I had no idea that we were going to lose seven wickets for 60 runs. You've got arguably the best Test cricketer in the world out there at the time as well in Rooty, and in the back of my mind, [I thought] I'd try and get as many runs as quickly as possible, and the game is done. I had every faith in Rooty that he was going to be there at the end."

"I came into the day this morning very confident," he said. "We had two very good players out there at the time, and I just thought we were going to easily see it home. The way that the Indians fought back there and the way that Siraj bowled especially, I think he deserved every success there.

"We were thinking the bowlers would stiffen up a bit and the pitch would be a little bit flatter, but obviously with the overcast conditions - lights on again - it started to zip around a bit. Like I said before, Siraj, he's played five Test matches in a row, bowled 85mph-plus every ball, and he's had a phenomenal series. I respect him a lot for what he's done this series,” he concluded.