New Delhi: Team India on Monday gained an emphatic 157-run win over England in the Ind vs Eng 4th test match at The Oval. With this win, the visitors have now taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series.
Chasing the target of 368 runs given by India, England were all out after scoring 210 runs in their second innings. The Indian bowlers delivered big time with the ball in the second innings. Umesh Yadav, playing his first Test in the Test series, picked 6 wickets for India in the match.
At the same time, an all-round performance from all-rounder Shardul Thakur, who took three big wickets along with half-centuries in both the innings, proved to be the game-changer for India.
Reacting to India's first Test win at Oval in 50 years, skipper Virat Kohli lauded his men for their outstanding performance.
"Well, I think the best thing about both the games has been the character the team has shown. We are not looking to survive in this game, we are here to win. Really proud of the character the team has shown. It's quite relative to what you call flat. The conditions were hot and we knew were in with an opportunity when Jadeja was bowling in the rough. The bowlers were good with the reverse swing today. We believed we could get all 10 wickets, we had the belief," Kohli told Sky Sports during the post-match presentation.
"As soon as the ball started reversing, Bumrah said give me the ball. He bowled that spell and swung the game in our favour with those two huge wickets. I think you pointed his performance. Rohit's innings was fantastic. What Shardul has done in this game stands out. His two fifties deflated the opposition. I think he batted well in both innings. We never go towards analysis, statistics, and numbers," he added.