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Images from Day 5 of the fifth Test between England and India at The Oval, London, on Monday.
'We all know what he's capable of achieving in Test cricket and we hope that when the opportunity does arrive for him, he's able to recapture, and also improve on, what he's been able to do already in that form of the game.'
On a tense Day 4 at The Oval, the England batter blazed his way to a 98-ball century, dragging his team back into the contest and into the history books.
Root reached the milestone during his 69th WTC appearance - a single pushed to deep backward square leg brought up yet another half-century and sealed his place in the record books.
Shubman Gill etched his name in the record books after becoming only the third captain in the history of Test cricket to score four centuries in a series.
Images from Day 4 of the fifth Test between England and India at The Oval, London, on Sunday.
A 2-2 series result seems fair, for a 1-3 loss would have been cruelly unjust --- especially to Siraj, who bowled 185.3 overs in the series for 23 wickets and never seemed to give up belief.
Sudharsan made the most of the 'life' and went on to score a patient 50, his maiden Test half-century.
England captain Ben Stokes tried to focus on the positives after his team's agonising six-run loss to India in their riveting final Test at The Oval on Monday.
Ben Stokes becomes 3rd all rounder to have 7,000 runs, 200 wickets in Test cricket
Mohammed Siraj's ferocious 143kph yorker that sent Gus Atkinson's stumps flying, securing India's narrowest ever Test win by runs.
As India got off to a strong start in the must-win fourth Test for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Old Trafford in Manchester on Wednesday, opener K L Rahul achieved a major career milestone, joining an elite list of Indian batters with 1,000 or more Test runs in England.
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets to win first Test
Mitch Owen has been rewarded for his fine form in his first five Twenty20 internationals by being named in both of Australia's squads for short-format series against South Africa in the far north of the country next month.
India made 3,809 runs in this series, which is the most ever scored by a team in a five Test series.
With this the classy all-rounder has achieved a rare milestone that few legends of the game can boast of.
'As a captain it makes my life a lot easier knowing you've got lots of settled players there.'
In the series opener at Headingley and the third Test at Lord's, India were outbowled by the hosts, leading to their downfall.
Rishabh Pant is the first-ever wicketkeeper-batter in the history of Test cricket to score 1,000-plus in an away country.
K L Rahul, the most consistent performer with the bat for the visitors so far in the series, completed 9,000 runs in international cricket across all formats.
India's champion pacer says bowling to Steve Smith has always been a challenge.
Rahul failed to convert his resilient start into a three-digit score across both innings but was pivotal in India's fight to draw the Test and keep India alive in the series.
He played just two first-class matches.
Take a look at the numbers and narratives that made Edgbaston Test one for the ages.
Akash Deep's 10-wicket match-haul sets up famous win for India in the second Test against England at Edgbaston.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain termed Ben Stokes' decision to bring Harry Brook into the attack after India declined his offer to end the fourth Test early as "silly".
Australia's Steve Smith wants to adopt a proactive approach against Ravichandran Ashwin in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Pant equals Sehwag's six-hitting record, surpasses Rohit Sharma in WTC Test runs
Joe Root has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Men's Test Batting Rankings after his stellar efforts helped England secure a 22-run victory over India at Lord's, according to the official website of the ICC.
The duo is followed by a former Sri Lanka icon, Mahela Jayawardene, with 205 outfield catches in 149 appearances.
England replace Shoaib Bashir with Liam Dawson in playing XI for 4th Test against India
Australia had South Africa reeling at 43-4 at the close on Wednesday after being put in to bat first and scoring 212.
Dinesh Karthik and Nasser Hussain pointed to a string of missteps -- a dropped catch, a run out, a collapse -- that proved far more decisive than the final day's drama.
Australia's Travis Head and Steve Smith gave India a repeat of their nightmare in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
England's right-handed batter Harry Brook has replaced his teammate Joe Root to reclaim the No. 1 Test batter's position in the world
Rishabh Pant walked out to bat on Day 2 despite fracturing his toe.
The West Indies produced another dominant day with the ball against Australia and then survived a tense final hour Saturday to take the honours after the first day of the day-night third Test.
"He has taken to Test cricket like duck to water," Nasser Hussain, who was on-air, said.
'Mohammed Siraj and the passion of the Indian boys was too strong and ultimately they deserve to win this Test match.'
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