Darkish gray skies, a inexperienced high, some regular spells of rain and a battle between bat and ball—for the primary time in 5 weeks, each the climate and the cricket felt English.
Within the series-deciding remaining Check at The Oval, India was inserted in after it misplaced its fifth toss within the collection—fifteenth consecutive in males’s worldwide cricket.
Taking advantage of the circumstances, Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson claimed two wickets apiece earlier than Karun Nair’s unbeaten 52 (98b, 7×4) guided India to 204 for six on Thursday.