India's tour of England Starts 3 July on Sony Six and Sony Ten 3.

[Otaku]

England team for fifth Test v India: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow (w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson.

 

[ApurbSSJ]

England have won the toss and have opted to bat

India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

England (Playing XI): Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Moeen Ali, Joe Root(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

 

[ApurbSSJ]

Vihari gets his Test cap. He becomes the 292nd Test player to represent India

 

[ApurbSSJ]

Most Test appearances against India:
30 A COOK
29 R Ponting
28 C Lloyd/ Viv Richards/ Javed Miandad
27 J Anderson
25 S Chanderpaul

Joe Root is the first captain to win all tosses in a five-Test series since Mark Taylor against England in Australia in Ashes 1998/99.

India's last two Tests at the Oval:
2011: Lost by an innings & 8 runs
2014: Lost by an innings & 244 runs

 

[Otaku]

Bye Cook. Hope you score Big runs today.
I will miss him.

 

[ApurbSSJ]

Day 1: Lunch Break - England opt to bat

ENG - 68/1 (28.0 Ovs)
CRR: 2.43

 

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Day 1: 3rd Session - England opt to bat

ENG - 134/4 (66.0 Ovs)
CRR: 2.03

 

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Day 1: Stumps

ENG - 198/7 (90.0 Ovs)
CRR: 2.20

 

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Day 2: Tea Break - India trail by 279 runs

ENG - 332
IND - 53/1 (18.0 Ovs)
CRR: 2.94

 

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Day 2: Stumps - India trail by 158 runs

ENG - 332
IND - 174/6 (51.0 Ovs)
CRR: 3.41